Ill. College to offer three all-online degree programs
Illinois College will soon be making some of its degree programs more accessible and flexible by offering them in a totally online format.
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UK schools are turning to foreign governments to fund languages
Some primaries would be unable to afford specialist language teaching without the money they receive from overseas schemes
Texas Tech Health Sciences Center agrees to stop using race in medical school admissions
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center has agreed to stop using race when considering applicants to its medical school, bowing to pressure as the Trump administration campaigns to curtail the use of affirmative action in education.
College grads sell stakes in themselves to Wall Street
To pay for college, Amy Wroblewski sold a piece of her future. Every month, for eight-and-a-half years, she must turn over a set percentage of her salary to investors.
US essay mill firm targets new students through WhatsApp
A US firm is targeting first-year university students by infiltrating their private WhatsApp groups and offering to write essays for £7 a page, the Guardian can reveal.
Nearly a third of all college students still don’t have a degree six years later
America’s higher education problem is not a college enrollment problem.
U.S. immigration police broke Facebook rules with fake profiles for college sting
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) violated Facebook policy by creating fake social media profiles tied to the University of Farmington, a sham university it created to identify people committing immigration fraud.
Standardized test companies scramble to fix weaknesses
The testing expert, Mark Riddell, traveled across the country to take ACT and SAT exams for the children of the rich and famous, federal prosecutors said.
Rolling up the sleeves for apprenticeships
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is moving forward with its game plan to create 16,000 new apprenticeships over three years in partnership with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).
At these high schools, enrolling in college isn’t just encouraged, it’s required
When Montel Floyd graduates in May from Merritt Community College, he’ll be the first person in his family with a college degree.
