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10 juin 2019

Report: Free College Programs Have Grown Rapidly

HomeBy Ashley A. Smith. A report released Tuesday by the Century Foundation found that since the introduction of Tennessee's tuition-free scholarship program five years ago, 15 new free college programs have been created across the country. More...

10 juin 2019

Finalists Named for Best Hispanic-Serving Colleges

HomeBy Ashley A. Smith. Excelencia in Education, a nonprofit organization that seeks to improve education outcomes for Latinx college students, on Thursday announced 20 finalists that will receive the group's first annual Seal of Excelencia certification. More...

10 juin 2019

Study Finds More Low-Income Students Attending College

HomeBy Ashley A. Smith. A new report claims more poor students than ever are enrolling in the nation's colleges and universities, but a disproportionate number are attending less selective or open-access institutions, which may hinder their chances for success. More...

10 juin 2019

Minnesota Community College Faculty Will See Nearly $2M in Back Pay

HomeBy Ashley A. Smith. Faculty members at Minnesota's 30 community colleges will see nearly $2 million in back pay after their union settled a dispute with the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system on Wednesday. More...

10 juin 2019

Boost for Community Colleges Means 1-Year Bust for Universities

HomeBy Ashley A. Smith. New analysis of Oregon Promise tuition-free scholarship program found that it increased community college enrollment but decreased enrollment at four-year institutions in the first year, and that fewer first-generation and low-income students benefited financially than expected. More...

10 juin 2019

Failure to Launch

HomeBy Ashley A. Smith. A new report explains how and why a public-private partnership that sought to help more community college students transfer to selective universities failed. More...

10 juin 2019

University of Iowa Cuts Journal Subscriptions

HomeBy Lindsay McKenzie. Blaming unsustainable price increases, librarians at the university reach out to faculty members and graduate students to draw up a list of 820 journal subscriptions to cancel. More...

10 juin 2019

Are ‘Big Deals’ Actually Good Deals?

HomeBy Lindsay McKenzie. Cost is the No. 1 reason why colleges end their “big deals” with publishers, but not everyone thinks the agreements are really that expensive. More...

10 juin 2019

Coding Curriculum in a Box

HomeBy Lindsay McKenzie. CodePath.org, a nonprofit boot camp, offers ready-made, industry-approved coding courses to colleges and trains students to teach them for credit. More...

10 juin 2019

No Wrongdoing in ASU-Cengage Deal, Report Finds

HomeBy Lindsay McKenzie. An investigation into claims Arizona State University entered into an unethical deal with publisher Cengage has concluded there is “no evidence” the university did anything wrong. More...

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