A bill that spells out just what South Carolina lawmakers and higher education officials need to make sure students and schools get the funding they need was introduced Tuesday by a Democratic senator, who knows it has no chance of passing with just two days left in the General Assembly's session. More...

Penn State Trustee and RIAA Lawyer Denies Conflict of Interests
As the headline suggests, conflict of interest allegations have surfaced in the recent Penn State deal to provide its students with access to music through Napster, even though Penn State trustee and RIAA legal counsel Barry Robinson denies any involvement in the decision. More...

Whenever a serial child molester or sex trafficker is caught, there’s a good chance the investigators were trained by the National Criminal Justice Training Center (NCJTC), based at Fox Valley Technical College in Wisconsin. More...

Half of the university presidents, a third of the board that oversees them, and the Commissioner of Higher Education have all transitioned out of their roles during the past year. More...

The decision was met with an uproar. Students, faculty members and alumnae organized amid a national conversation on the future of women’s education. After a legal battle over the closing, the college reversed its decision. More...

Americans say their nation’s colleges and universities compare relatively well with those in other developed countries – but the public offers more negative assessments of the state of U.S. public schools. More...

A Freedom of Information Act request — and subsequent lawsuit — filed by the Detroit Free Press has resulted in a rare look at the pay structure at one of the country’s top public endowment offices. More...

Nearly 4,000 San Diego community college students will receive their diplomas this weekend. Among them are 16 graduates who will earn bachelor’s degrees, some of the first in the state to do so through a community college. More...