Chronicle of Higher Education

Voter-registration efforts succeeded despite confusing changes in election laws, says a group known as the Campus Vote Project.

The suicide of a dean on trial for theft from the New York university hasn't eased a crisis that may reach the highest levels of the administration.

More than 200 representatives of universities, companies, and government agencies gathered in Sweden for the first meeting of the Research Data Alliance.

A decline in full-time professors' teaching loads accounted for more than half of the tuition increase seen over a seven-year period, an analysis found.

An amendment attached to a spending bill would restrict grants involving political science to projects that promote national security or economic interests.

David A. Bergeron, a 30-year veteran of the department, is regarded as its institutional memory.

The rule seeks to ensure the integrity of vocational programs that receive federal student aid. The Education Department is still considering its next steps.

More than one-third of those surveyed said fewer than half of their upper-class students exhibited traits associated with being professional in the workplace.

A college could spend tens of thousands of dollars if it sought authorization to operate in all 50 states, so many colleges simply avoid enrolling students in certain states.

Santa Barbara City College and Walla Walla Community College were chosen, respectively, for achievements in academic and job-training efforts.

In a long-awaited letter, the Education Department spells out how colleges may apply to use federal aid for new models of education.

The case stemmed from a graduate student's importing of less-expensive textbooks to the United States from abroad, and then reselling them at a profit.

The private collection agencies that chase delinquent student loans will see commissions as low as 11 percent.

If confirmed, F. King Alexander would step into a new position at Louisiana State that merges the posts of system president and flagship chancellor.

Rebecca M. Blank, a former public-policy dean at Michigan, will lead a campus that has been at the center of debates over the role of public flagship institutions.

The program, being offered under a contract with Caterpiller Inc., is turning the college into a "pawn" in the company's "union-busting games," the union says.

Certificates from Baylor University and the University of Virginia help ex-cons find jobs faster and even start their own businesses.

Susan Desmond-Hellmann, of the University of California at San Francisco, will be the second woman on that board. Read about that and other job-related news.

In the largest survey of instructors who have taught massive open online courses, The Chronicle heard from critics, converts, and the cautious.