By Doug Lederman.Do news media corporations actually function with eyes wide open? In today's Academic Minute, Robert Edgell of SUNY Polytechnic Institute examines this question. Read more...
How Obama-Trump Transition Could Affect Higher Ed
By Andrew Kreighbaum and Doug Lederman.Donald Trump provided relatively few clues to what he might do as president, but he'll probably try to reverse some of President Obama's priorities, rolling back regulations, creating new political opening for for-profit colleges and curtailing collective bargaining rights. Read more...
Which Groups Are Counted?
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Potential revisions to the OMB's standards for collecting data on race and ethnicity draw interest from medical educators and anthropologists. Read more...
Top Students May Drop Out After Losing Aid
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Students are more likely to drop out of college if they lose even small amounts of financial aid -- regardless of their grade point average -- according to a study from the Education Advisory Board, a research and consulting firm based in Washington. Read more...
Bipartisan Solution
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The Education Department said Friday it would restore Pell Grant eligibility for students whose education was interrupted by the closure of their institutions. Read more...
Borrower Defense Rules Finalized
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Education Department releases regulations to protect student borrowers against fraudulent and abusive institutions. Although rules are aimed at for-profit colleges, critics say they could have repercussions for all colleges. Read more...
Advocacy Groups Urge Federal Coordination on Student Complaint System
By Andrew Kreighbaum. More than 50 national and state organizations signed a letter to the White House urging changes to the complaint system for student loan borrowers launched over the summer. Read more...
New Program to Boost Minority-Serving Institutions
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Education Secretary John King announced a new program Monday through the office of Federal Student Aid that will pair loan guarantee agencies with minority-serving institutions to improve graduation, retention and cohort default rates at no cost to those colleges and universities. Read more...
Big Win for Grad Students
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Federal regulators indefinitely stay IRS enforcement ruling that subsidized health insurance plans for graduate students violated provisions of Affordable Care Act. Read more...
Push for Year-Round Pell
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Democrats, higher education groups and consumer advocates renew their push for Congress to restore year-round Pell Grants and strengthen the program during a lame-duck session after the election. Read more...