For-Profit Education

Colleges Scramble to Avoid Violating Federal-Aid Limit

By Goldie Blumenstyk

For-profit institutions are employing questionable tactics to comply with the government's 90/10 rule on the sources of their revenue.

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.