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…
Those who’ve been reading this series will recall that I didn’t think much of the “Baumol cost disease” explanation for why college costs are going up, The Washington…
Two University of Texas at Austin professors this week launched their introductory psychology class from a makeshift studio, with a goal of eventually enrolling 10,000 students at $550…
You may have caught wind of a story this week about a 22-year-old college senior at the University of Iowa who got arrested at her college’s football game…
Positioning its massive open online courses (MOOCs) as "educational outreach" rather than course replacements has helped Vanderbilt University sidestep faculty unrest, InformationWeek reports. A year into its partnership…
To lower the cost of college, more parents are suggesting that their kids skip dorm life, and perhaps even the campus altogether, Omaha.com reports. According to a recent…
The University of Maryland University College expects to be among the first wave of schools this academic year awarding transfer credit to those who have taken — and…
Hey, college grad, ever heard of Hadoop? Know anything about statistics? In the coming years, big data skills might help you land a good job. Data analysis is…
President Obama's recent proposals to make a college education accessible to more people offers a great many ideas. One of those ideas involves ways to expand or use…
Erin Milligan has to surrender her cell phone to school officials before going back to college this year, Yahoo News reports. Milligan isn’t being punished for violating any…
