By Doug Lederman. The easy headline to be drawn from new research (abstract here) examining the preparation and outcomes of students at two- and four-year colleges is that traditional-age students who enroll at community colleges are less likely to earn a bachelor's degree within six years than are comparably qualified students who go straight to four-year colleges. Read more...
By Michael Stratford. The nation's wealthiest colleges and universities may want to brace themselves for another round of federal scrutiny over their endowments and executive compensation, if a congressional hearing held Wednesday is any guide. Read more...
By Kellie Woodhouse. Funding for undergraduate need-based grant aid increased nationwide from about $7 billion in 2013 to about $7.4 billion in 2014, an increase of 4 percent when adjusted for inflation, according to a report released today by the National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs. Read more...
By Doug Lederman. Arne Duncan, a member of President Obama's inner circle and the second-longest-serving education secretary ever, announced Friday that he will resign in December. He will be replaced by John King Jr., who has been acting as Duncan's deputy secretary since January and is former commissioner of education in New York. Read more...
By Andy Thomason. Mitch Daniels, the former Republican governor of Indiana and current president of Purdue University, visited The Chronicle’s offices on Friday, and sat down with reporters for a free-ranging discussion about higher ed. More...
By Andy Thomason. One person was killed and three were wounded after a shooting early Friday morning at Northern Arizona University, in Flagstaff, according to a series of updates from the university. The Associated Press reported that the police said the shooting had begun as a fight between two groups of students. More...
By Don Troop. A division of California’s Second District Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday that a woman who was attacked six years ago by a classmate wielding a kitchen knife in a UCLA chemistry lab cannot hold the university responsible, the Associated Press reports. Public colleges have no obligation to protect students from crimes committed by other students, the court ruled. More...
By Andy Thomason. Arne Duncan will step down as U.S. secretary of education in December, an Education Department official confirmed on Friday. The news was first reported by the Associated Press. More...
By Andrew Mytelka. The recently hired director of Dartmouth College’s Native American program has stepped down amid criticism of what she claimed as her ethnic background and tribal affiliation, reports the Valley News, a Vermont newspaper. More...
By Andy Thomason. Ten people died and seven more were wounded in a shooting spree on Thursday at Umpqua Community College, in Roseburg, Ore., law-enforcement officials said.
In a news conference on Thursday afternoon, Sheriff John Hanlin of Douglas County, Ore., said that three of the seven were critically injured, the Associated Press and other news outlets reported. More...
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