With the nation debating models and metrics for the federal government’s rating of America’s more than 4,000 colleges and universities, there’s one crucial area that no one talks…
College students are a tough crowd to please. You have to be funny, but not lame. Inspirational, but not condescending. Intelligent, but not boring, says Jenna Johnson for…
According to PR Newswire, USA Funds, a nonprofit organization that helps American families benefit from postsecondary education, announces the award of more than $2.5 million in grants for…
Sallie Mae is lowering the interest rates it charges on its student loans. But the price cut likely won't attract a surge of new borrowers, the Associated Press…
In a story published Saturday, I profiled Christopher Nelson, president of St. John’s College in Annapolis and arguably one of the most influential college presidents in the nation.…
The nation's largest for-profit college says it is being investigated by the Massachusetts attorney general for possible deceptive practices in its student recruiting and financing, reports the Huffington…
Each spring, colleges of all sorts like to brag that they just snagged their smartest incoming freshman class yet. Acceptance rates go down, average test scores and GPAs…
Academics are sometimes imagined as living in a cloistered world of books and bureaucracy—surely the last population to "get" social media, says PC Magazine.
According to PR Newswire, the National Inflation Association - http://inflation.us - today officially released the most comprehensive documentary ever produced about higher education in the U.S. NIA's hour-long…
The general public and university presidents disagree about the purpose of college, who ought to pay for it and whether today's students are getting their money's worth, reports…
