Pearson announced partnership with Royal Holloway University to enter the degree market
The university is to validate a degree in business, developed by Pearson, which says it eventually wants its own degree-awarding powers, BBC News reports.
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California college students are bracing for higher tuition bills and fewer courses and campus services under a new state budget that once again slashes spending on higher education,…
A world without English majors?
Recent college grads still looking for full-time employment—or faced with the prospect of moving back home to live with mom and dad—are probably cursing their English and philosophy…
Blackboard reassures education customers after acquisition
Educational software maker Blackboard is being taken private for $1.64 billion in cash by an investor group led by affiliates of Providence Equity Partners, and a Blackboard official…
Minnesota shutdown prompts political blame game
With Minnesota's state government closed for business, the focus shifted Friday to who's to blame, the Associated Press reports.
A&M chancellor has parting words on reform
In his last week on the job as chancellor of the Texas A&M University System, Mike McKinney said he disagrees with some ideas being floated to give higher…
Pa. universities board boosts tuition for 2011-12
A 7.5 percent tuition increase approved Thursday by the board that governs Pennsylvania's 14 state-owned universities will cost full-time resident students an additional $436 for the 2011-12 academic…
Corinthian Colleges to offer loans with ASFG
For-profit education company Corinthian Colleges Inc. said Thursday that it will offer $450 million in discount loans with ASFG over the next two years for Corinthian students, the…
UC system out-of-state enrollment increases
More than a quarter of UC Berkeley students will not be California residents this year, up from 15% two years ago, reports the Huffington Post.
Students, lawmakers question value of for-profit colleges
Taryn Zychal thought she'd be working as an industrial designer after graduating from the Art Institute of Philadelphia. Instead, it's the debt collection agencies that are working overtime,…