By Rick Seltzer. The accreditor for New England has placed two independent nonprofit colleges on probation, it said recently. More...
Tough Choices Ahead
By Rick Seltzer. Berkeley and UCLA might be able to maintain their quality and reputation without a major shift to the funding paradigm, a new report says. For the rest of the University of California, no easy model exists. More...
A Private University Matches Public Prices
By Rick Seltzer. Oglethorpe aims to win academically strong students by aligning tuition with their states' flagships. More...
Antidote to Med Student Debt
By Rick Seltzer. Thanks to fund-raising prowess, NYU takes an ax to medical school tuition where others have used a scalpel. But medical school costs are clearly under the microscope. More...
Stepping Back From Graduate Programs
By Rick Seltzer. Many a liberal arts institution has attempted to diversify revenue streams and student pools by opening graduate programs, but at least one in New York State moved in the opposite direction this summer. More...
New Haven Ending Programs at Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts
By Rick Seltzer. The University of New Haven will stop offering degree-granting academic programs at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts after the academic year closes in May 2019, it announced Tuesday, ending a partnership after five years. More...
Unexplained Turnover at Benedictine U
By Rick Seltzer. President of Roman Catholic college in Illinois suddenly departs -- just 10 months after contract extension. More...
Punting on Football Fund-Raising
By Rick Seltzer. Long-running tensions between athletics and academics are on display once again at Vanderbilt University, with charges surfacing that the athletics side is being prevented from raising money from some donors courted by university fund-raisers. More...
Think Tank: Excelsior Went to 3.2% of Undergrads
By Rick Seltzer. Benefits from New York State’s much-touted Excelsior Scholarship have gone to 3.2 percent of undergraduates statewide, and the free-tuition program has covered far more students outside New York City than in it, says a data brief released Friday. More...
N.Y. Launches Excelsior Resource After Aid Officer Concerns
By Rick Seltzer. Leaders of New York’s two large public higher education systems sent a letter Wednesday to financial aid officers outlining new resources for helping students navigate the free-tuition program called the Excelsior Scholarship as it enters its second year. More...