Whittier Law School to close down
Students, alumni and professors of Whittier Law School are outraged by the board of trustees’ decision to close, making it the first fully accredited law school in the country to shut down.
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U. of Tenn. workers, students protest outsourcing
More than 100 campus workers, students and faculty members gathered at the University of Tennessee on Monday afternoon to protest Gov. Bill Haslam's plan to outsource facilities maintenance work at public colleges and universities.
ED launches accreditation database
The higher education landscape was rocked last year when ITT Tech shuttered its doors after the Department of Education banned the for-profit college from accepting new students who depend on Federal student aid.
Fla. House votes to make secret the applicants for top college, university posts
Floridians would have no way to know everyone who applies to be the next president or other top administrator of a public college or university, under a proposed exemption in the state’s public records law that passed the House
Alaska Senate cuts scholarships, financial aid to create ‘innovation’ grants
The Alaska Senate on Wednesday reduced the Alaska Performance Scholarship and eliminated a needs-based financial aid program, creating in their place "innovation" grants for public schools.
CNY private college leaders pan N.Y. tuition-free program
When Le Moyne College President Linda LeMura first learned of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to provide free tuition at New York's public colleges and universities, she thought it would be an opportunity for the state to strengthen the partnership between public and private schools.
First Amendment advocates give campus speech bill mixed reviews
First Amendment watchdogs say a Republican bill that would require University of Wisconsin System officials to punish students and employees who interrupt speeches could help address what they see as growing hostility to opposing ideas among some on college campuses.
Congressional budget deal wards off Trump’s wish list of higher ed cuts
A bipartisan bill to fund the government through the end of September protects higher-education programs that are under threat from the 2018 White House budget proposal
How this college for inmates is going outside the prison wall
Nationally, nearly half of all inmates released from prison return there after committing another crime.
Big Brothers Big Sisters extends mentoring into the college years
Miguel Vasquez is a busy man — a commercial real estate consultant and father of a 3-year-old — but has managed to devote time to mentor a teenage boy through Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County and the Inland Empire.
