By . The Chronicle spoke with three experts about ways colleges can use technology to reduce instructional costs. More...
More Colleges Turn to ‘Stackable’ Degrees as Entries to Graduate Programs
By . As the costs of graduate education skyrocket and students demand cheaper, more-convenient ways of learning, colleges and universities are increasingly experimenting with so-called "stackable degrees". More...
How Sal Khan Hopes to Remake Education
By Jeffrey R. Young. Salman Khan is not afraid to make mistakes in his popular teaching videos. In fact, he considers them a feature. More...
The Places on Campus Where Concealed-Carry Is Most Controversial
By Katherine Mangan. Day-care centers, disciplinary hearings, and faculty offices are among the settings where Texas and Georgia have wrestled over whether to allow guns. More...
Why the Budget Stalemate in Illinois Is Hitting One University Especially Hard
By . Public colleges throughout Illinois have been hit hard by a budget standoff that has prevented them from getting any state money for the better part of a year. But perhaps no institution has been hit harder than Chicago State University. More...
In New Rule on Student-Loan Forgiveness, 2 Lawmakers Demand Fewer ‘Hoops’
By Kelly Field. Two members of Congress pressed the U.S. Education Department on Wednesday to make it easier for student-loan borrowers to have their loans forgiven if they were defrauded by colleges. More...
‘We Need Many More College Graduates,’ Says Obama’s Departing Higher-Ed Adviser
By Kelly Field. James Kvaal, President Obama’s top higher-education adviser, left the White House last week for a residency at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. In an interview on Tuesday with The Chronicle, he reflected on his biggest accomplishments, his biggest battles, and what lies ahead — for him and his former boss. More...
Modern humanities teaching: brought on by the chicken or the egg?
By Jess Staufenberg. Do changes to degree courses reflect a more pluralistic society or are they driven by a desire for more radical approaches. More...
Student Experience Survey 2016: London falling
By Sian Phillips. Why do London’s universities cluster towards the bottom of the rankings. More...