Fees lifted for private Chinese school kids
State Council makes all students equal as it promotes govt support for tuition, books
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A Different Kind of Textbook Debt
Months after being acquired by Follett, campus store operator Neebo is still sending students to collection agencies over textbooks the students say they have already returned.
Minnesota schools get reprieve on new dual-credit mandates
College and university sponsors of dual-credit classes that allow Minnesota high school students to earn college credits now can have an extra five years to meet new requirements for the class instructors.
Taking Transfer National
Students are entering community colleges with the goal of earning a four-year degree, but most don't succeed.
NCAA’s Emmert cautions schools about academic ‘mismatches’
NCAA president Mark Emmert told a gathering of high-ranking university officials Sunday that they have an “ethical responsibility” to address what he termed academic or admissions mismatches that result in Division I athletes struggling in the classroom and having trouble completing meaningful degree programs.
Top research teams ‘have more overseas academics and use carrots not sticks’
The research teams who did best in last year’s research excellence framework (REF) tended to have more non-UK academics and people with experience overseas, and generally used carrots rather than sticks to motivate members, a new analysis has found.
Challenges of an Accreditor Crackdown
The Education Department says it's going to get tougher with college accreditors.
Three-year grad plan offers some Texas students fast path to college
The Hutto school district is working on a new cure for senioritis — that fit of indolence that strikes fourth-year high school students as they breeze past their graduation requirements — by offering top students a three-year path through high school.
Going Beyond the Pilot Project
A national association of public universities is throwing its weight behind the use of adaptive courseware, an emerging form of online course delivery that responds to students’ learning styles and levels of achievement.
University of York apologises over ‘crass’ celebration of International Men’s Day
The University of York has been forced to issue an apology on its website after receiving a social media backlash for deciding to mark International Men’s Day.
