Pa. public universities ‘treading water’ with declining enrollment, higher than average tuition
During a candid budget hearing Thursday, lawmakers heard a bleak tale of Pennsylvania’s system of higher education.
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The Chinese students who hire ghostwriters to get them through college
In Hong Kong, 24-year-old entrepreneur “Jay” was brainstorming ideas to make some cash.
House committee again considers arming teachers on campus
Teachers would be able to carry concealed guns on college campuses under a bill proposed Monday.
Specialty master’s programs attract graduate students
In what may be the beginning of a larger trend, many business students find the typical two-year MBA program is unnecessary when a specialized master’s program can be completed in half the time.
Numbers show Iowa universities making a push for online learning
As soon as they popped into her inbox, the onslaught of promotional emails from universities were redirected to the virtual trash can.
Denver’s Metro State serves more Hispanic students than any other college in Colo.
Metropolitan State University of Denver has finally become a Hispanic-Serving Institution after a decade-long push that nearly doubled the school’s Latino student population — all part of an effort to better serve the area and reap the financial rewards of that federal designation.
Argosy University took students’ financial aid cash by altering documents, court filing says
Argosy University and its parent company altered submissions to the U.S. Department of Education to get access to student financial aid funds, which were then spent on other expenses, a court document filed on Monday claims.
Questions abound after Trump threatens to strip funding from colleges that don’t support free speech
Conservative activists cheered loudly and applauded when President Trump announced Saturday that he would make federal funding for universities contingent on support for free speech.
A Md. professor saw a culture of cheating. His Chinese students say they were targeted
Samantha Wu had high hopes when she left her small town in southern China to study at an American university.
3 get prison in Adidas college basketball recruiting scandal
A former Adidas executive and two other men were sentenced to prison Tuesday by a judge who said he wanted to send a “great big warning light to the basketball world” after the men conspired to pay families so top college basketball recruits would go to Adidas-sponsored schools.
