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By David John Marotta and Megan Russell. In 2013, President Obama declared, "We've got a crisis in terms of college affordability and student debt." He recommended his three-part Plan for Making College Affordable, “a better bargain for the middle class."
His three proposals are: pay colleges for students' performances; promote innovation in colleges; and help students manage and make loan payments. More...

By Tyler Silvy. A late injection of $15 million made a Colorado Commission on Higher Education funding formula announcement more palatable to the University of Northern Colorado, which otherwise would have joined a handful of Colorado schools that wouldn’t secure a full 10 percent state funding increase under the new formula’s guidelines. More...

By Jon Marcus. Data algorithms cover millions of grades from thousands of students.
For years, Stephanie Dupaul would jokingly consult her collection of Magic 8 Balls when students asked her questions such as, “Will I get an A in that class?” Now, she can give them an answer far more accurate than anything predicted by a toy fortune-teller. More...

By Emily Siner. Many students going to community college next year will have their tuition covered by Tennessee Promise, but that only pays for a portion of what their education actually costs. As higher education officials are reminding the governor, schools rely largely on state funding to pay the difference.
While presenting a budget proposal Friday, Tennessee Board of Regents Chancellor John Morgan said tuition covers a little more half of the total price tag of community college. The school still has to dish out about $3,000 per student. More...

By Matthew T. Lambert. The popular discourse today about higher education is largely negative—college costs too much, students learn too little, jobs are too scarce for the graduates who rack up debt to earn back their investment, and universities change at a pace that can only be measured by geologists...glacial.  On the other hand, technology has enabled more non-traditional students to access a higher education than ever before and more students are graduating with certificates and degrees than at any point in human history.  As Dickens once remarked, it is the best of times and the worst of times. More...

By Vincent Smith. For the first time in more than a year, good news has surfaced for those aspiring to work in higher education. According to a report conducted by HigherEdJobs, a posting site for university-level positions, higher education jobs increased by 0.2 percent in this latest quarter after four previous quarters of decline. More...

By Paul Welizkin. Illinois State University (ISU) has signed agreements with Wuhan University in China to exchange students and faculty members.
"Wuhan is considered one the top 10 universities in China so we are happy to have this relationship," Luis Canales, director of the ISU office of international studies and programs, told China Daily in an interview. More...