By Kellie Woodhouse. Closure rates of small colleges and universities will triple in the coming years, and mergers will double. Read more...
Measuring Motivation
By Paul Fain. Like most colleges, the University of New Mexico is trying to help more of its at-risk students get to graduation. And officials at the university know academic preparation isn’t the only factor to watch. Read more...
Admissions Revolution
By Scott Jaschik. Eighty leading colleges and universities on Monday announced a plan to reverse a decades-long process by which colleges have -- largely through the Common Application -- made their applications increasingly similar. Read more...
CFPB Eyes Loan Servicer Rules
By Michael Stratford. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau formally announced Tuesday that it will explore new regulations on student loan servicing companies, calling for changes in an industry it says is bedeviled by widespread failures that are harming borrowers. Read more...
More Degree Stacking
By Ashley A. Smith. For a second consecutive year, the number of students receiving their first college credential fell, even as the number of students earning a second or third undergraduate credential continued to increase. Read more...
Not Worth It?
By Jake New. Just half of college alumni “strongly agree” that their education was worth what they paid for it, according to the newest data from an ongoing Gallup-Purdue University study of college graduates. Read more...
The 'Invisible' One in Four
By Jake New. One in four transgender students have experienced sexual assault since enrolling in college, according to a survey created by the Association of American Universities that provides one of the clearest looks yet at the prevalence of sexual violence among this especially vulnerable and often overlooked population of students. Read more...
Full Time, Off Tenure Track
By Josh Logue. Non-tenure-track, full-time faculty tend to like, and dislike, their jobs about as much as their tenure-track and tenured colleagues do, according to a new study published in the journal Education Policy Analysis Archives. Read more...
'Houston, We Have a Narrative'
By Josh Logue. The world of science has long been dogged with communication problems, like how to convince the world, for example, that humans really are changing the planet’s climate. Read more...
Do MOOCs Help?
By Carl Straumsheim. Unlike at colleges and universities, where students finish their studies and leave with a diploma, most learners who complete one of Coursera’s massive open online courses report benefits that help them in less measurable ways. Read more...