The White House unveiled a plan Thursday to merge the Education and Labor departments into a single Cabinet agency: the Department of Education and the Workforce. The proposal is part of a 132-page document outlining a broad restructuring of the federal government. The changes would require congressional approval. More...
Every college — even Harvard — has a right to build its own community
Imagine a world where every student has their SAT score emblazoned on their forehead. Imagine one where a person’s worth is determined by their ACT score. More...
Ala. college ending aquaculture program after 27 years
An Alabama college is citing declining enrollment for a decision to ends its aquaculture program after 27 years. More...
At ISU, Rauner sees massive investments in higher ed
Gov. Bruce Rauner touted the new state budget during his visit Thursday to Illinois State University, noting it includes $62 million to modernize and rebuild ISU’s College of Fine Arts. More...
Vice president for institutional advancement
The vice president for institutional advancement will be a strategic and valued fundraising leader and program builder who will thrive working in a non-traditional higher education environment. More...
U. of Notre Dame to have 80 percent core workloads in AWS cloud in 3 years
N2W Software (N2WS), a leading provider of backup and recovery solutions for Amazon Web Services (AWS) and a Veeam company, today announced that The University of Notre Dame is protecting critical data and workloads on AWS with Cloud Protection Manager (CPM) from N2WS. More...
UW-Green Bay, three 2-year colleges form Wisc.'s coastal university
The UW campuses in Sheboygan, Manitowoc and Marinette are proposed to soon become, pending approval from the Higher Learning Commission, branch campuses of UW-Green Bay. More...
Colleges fight to preserve legacies
A small liberal arts school with a modest endowment, Colby-Sawyer is heavily dependent on tuition. From a high of around 1,500 students a few years earlier, enrollment had dropped to 1,100 and the college was posting multi-million dollar operating losses. More...
More misery in Missouri
Indulging protesters can be expensive, as the University of Missouri is discovering three years after students successfully demanded the resignation of the president and chancellor. Last week the school said it will have to eliminate 185 positions on top of 308 cut last year. More...
State of Ohio partners with Western Governors U.
Ohio Department of Higher Education Chancellor John Carey announced a new partnership that establishes WGU Ohio, an online, competency-based university created to expand access to higher education for Ohioans. More...