By Scott Jaschik. Princeton professor publishes CV of programs that rejected him, journals that said no and grant applications that were nixed. Read more...
Your Future Starts Here. Or Here. Or Here.
By Ellen Wexler. To sell themselves, colleges try to stand out. But often, their marketing efforts look practically identical. Read more...
Watchdog Barks -- and Gets Slapped Down
By Paul Fain. National accreditor ACICS, which faces an existential threat for being too lax with bad actors like Corinthian Colleges, tried to yank its approval of Bristol U, a deeply troubled for-profit. But a judge blocked the accreditor's move. Read more...
Yale Fights Tax Bills
By Ellen Wexler. What does a 182-year-old law mean for Connecticut’s colleges and universities in 2016. Read more...
Good Outcomes for Transfers
By Doug Lederman. Study finds that students who start at community college earn bachelor's degrees at much lower rates -- but those who transfer fare as well as (or better than) "native" four-year-college students. Read more...
Waiting for the NCAA
By Jake New. Association earned praise for condemning Indiana law that permitted discrimination against gay people. Why doesn't it take a similar stance against its own members. Read more...
Sign of the Times
By Carl Straumsheim. Penn State U's World Campus plans further changes to its faculty development efforts after an online teaching certificate program became a surprise hit among graduate students. Read more...
Fading Affordability
By Paul Fain. College affordability has declined in 45 states since 2008, with low- and middle-income students in particular feeling the pinch, new study finds. Read more...
Disenchanted
By Josh Logue. Why did Brown students protest a white person doing Hindu chants. Read more...
'Class and Campus Life'
By Josh Logue. Campus protests have triggered wide-ranging discussion and debate about race. And, because some of the most prominent protests have unfolded at universities like Yale, Princeton and Harvard Universities, those discussions have touched on the experience of minority students at elite, wealthy institutions. Read more...