Higher One making restitution of $11M to students
Higher One Holdings Inc. has agreed to make restitution for about $11 million to college students for overcharging them for fees on its debit cards and other practices,…
Policy
Do college students who evaluate their professors have a right to anonymity?
Students who pack their backpacks to head off to colleges and universities carry with them a bundle of legal rights – more than their younger brothers and sisters…
Delaware bans colleges from requiring students’ social media passwords
Should a university be able to edit a student’s Facebook profile or check his private tweets? Absolutely not, said the Delaware state legislature, as it recently passed the…
UCF punishes student for website that helped students find classes
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Florida student punished for making online course selection easier
A Florida university punished student Tim Arnold after he built a service that aimed to make online course enrolment easier for his fellow classmates, Mashable reports.
A school just for undocumented immigrants
With help from professors in California, undocumented immigrants are closer to accessing an affordable college education, the Huffington Post reports.
Penn State faces federal penalties as Education Dept. probes Sandusky case
In 2002, when a Penn State University football standout was accused of a dorm-room rape, the details were easy to come by. After all, the alleged assault became…
Report blasts shortcomings of for-profit colleges
For-profit colleges are failing their students and saddling taxpayers with an enormous bill, a two-year investigation by the Senate education committee's Democratic staff concluded.
Top higher-education technology news: August 2012
eLearning programs have gotten a reprieve from a controversial federal rule that some people viewed as too heavy-handed; a new resource helps ed-tech leaders understand the various standards…
Illinois Law fined $250,000 for falsifying applicants’ test scores
The University of Illinois College of Law must pay a $250,000 fine to the American Bar Association for inflating the academic credentials of its incoming students, under a…