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Aiming to avert a repeat of a recent controversy, the policy requires a president's partner to get the board's approval before doing any volunteer university activities.

Despite their relative success in college, students from for-profits fared worse than those from nonprofits after graduation and had higher loan-default rates.

To celebrate National Engineering Week, and to highlight the need for highly skilled science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) teachers, Arne stopped by the launch of the new public-private partnership 100Kin10. The 100Kin10 initiative is working to help meet President … Continue reading →

The environmental group Greenpeace is suggesting that payments given by the Heartland Institute to faculty at six universities violated financial-disclosure policies.

On a three-day, five-state bus trip, Jill Biden and the secretary of labor, Hilda Solis, will draw attention to successful partnerships involving colleges and industry.

Problems with overseas programs can jeopardize U.S. colleges' standing at home, accrediting-agency officials told a gathering of international-education administrators.

An investigation turned up irregularities in the American Association of University Professors' voting.

The appeal seeks further review of whether the value of the documents to prosecutors in Northern Ireland outweighs the interests of protecting confidential research.

I’ve been a Spanish teacher for more than 30 years. All of the voices of educators I’ve known – in urban, suburban, public and private schools – sounded in my head last Wednesday as I listened to Secretary Duncan launch … Continue reading →

It is an especially exciting time for us here at Federal Student Aid because February is Financial Aid Awareness Month. With many state financial aid deadlines approaching, now is a great time to complete that FAFSA you’ve been putting off. … Continue reading →

The case, involving the U. of Texas, gives the court an opportunity to reconsider affirmative-action policies that it ruled constitutional in 2003.

A researcher examines the validity of the view that student aid fuels tuition increases. His conclusion: too simplistic, but not necessarily wrong.

A sociologist jailed in the 1990s for protecting his subjects talks about the controversy over the Belfast Project at Boston College.

Among a college's courtship materials, the expensive "coffee-table book" is giving way to newer strategies.

He directed a center on learning research at the University of Pittsburgh for 34 years.

Whatever the cause, the trend worries many in the field, who say an international experience has become even more valuable for students.

Selected new books on issues related to college teaching and academe.

A writing instructor implored colleagues to contribute to a public spreadsheet about their working conditions. "Let's combine forces," he wrote. And did they ever.