Boosting Completion by Softening Standards?
A nonpartisan watchdog group is questioning whether City Colleges of Chicago is misleading the public with proclamations of dramatic graduation rate increases.
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Ghost From the Past
Professor’s essay about being harassed and raped by her late adviser sparks calls for public acknowledgment of the reasons for his past suspension from Stanford and the renaming of a disciplinary society mentorship award that bore his name.
Calling Off a Classic
Knox College pulls the plug on a planned production of Bertolt Brecht’s The Good Person of Szechwan over concerns about race.
Days of Reckoning
Recent closures make it more likely a trend of private college consolidation has started. Institutions feeling particular pressure are small colleges, those in the Midwest and Roman Catholic institutions located away from Catholic population centers.
Cheating without intent?
Ohio State isn’t the first college where students are accused of cheating via GroupMe. But could the messaging application trap innocent students because of others’ misdeeds?
Calls for Tougher Oversight of For-Profit Law School
Legal education observers say accreditation issues at Florida Coastal School of Law -- whose graduates have struggled to pay off loans -- should lead to tougher look at its parent company, InfiLaw.
Fear of Accented English
Students outside the U.S. doubt reliability of instruction in English that is not from native speakers, study finds.
House Passes GOP Tax Plan
Plan targets large endowments of private colleges and eliminates many deductions benefiting student loan borrowers and graduate students.
Bounty of Promise Programs in California
With nearly 50 different local tuition-free initiatives, California colleges contemplate how they may merge existing programs with a new statewide plan.
Big Legal Win for Trans Academic
Federal jury awards $1.165 million, finding discrimination in tenure denial by Southeastern Oklahoma State University.
