Solving One of Higher Education's Biggest Problems

By Jeffrey Selingo

You don't need millions of dollars to improve graduation rates. Georgia State did it with tiny grants for the right students.

Austerity Has Been Tested, and It Failed

By John Quiggin

Public-health experts have joined economists and historians in critiquing rigid belt-tightening regimes.

We're Not Responsible for How MOOCs Are Used

If MOOCs have the power to dismantle departments, say several professors say who teach the courses, the fault lies with reckless administrators.

'Dreamers' Could Receive Federal Student Loans Under Immigration Bill

By Lee Gardner

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved extending federal student loans, work-study funds, and other support to students who are in the United States illegally.

U.S. Appeals Court Allows Sex-Bias Case Against LSU to Proceed

By Eric Kelderman

Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge may not have discriminated against a female job candidate, the court said, but the evidence warrants a trial, not dismissal of the...

China Bans 7 Topics in University Classrooms

By Lara Farrar

A directive prohibits professors from talking about press freedom, universal values, the historical mistakes of the Communist Party, and other issues considered taboo.

Relief and Confusion Mingle as State-Authorization Rules Are Delayed

By Eric Kelderman

The U.S. Department of Education extended until 2014 the deadline for compliance with rules requiring colleges to be properly authorized by state governments.

As Gainful-Employment Talks Resume, Education Dept. Is Mum on Appeal

By Kelly Field

The department won't disclose its plans for efforts to regulate career-oriented programs.