Tennessee Promise boasts 80 percent retention rate
More than 80 percent of Tennessee Promise students who went to college in the fall returned for their second semester...
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Stopping Stop-Outs
Improving economy leads to lower enrollments at community colleges, report shows. Can online programs help stanch the flow?
The Religious War Against American Scholars of India
Highly respected professors face intimidation, threats and smear campaigns for deviating from the views of the Hindu right.
One female scientist on a team could be ‘worse than none’
Number of women in high performance computing and science in general is worryingly low, says scholar who leads group for female academics in her field
University presidents reluctantly agree to cuts
Kentucky's state university presidents said Friday they are reluctantly willing to accept cuts of 4.5 percent to their budgets in 2016-18 if that is what's necessary to get a final deal on a state budget
When Students Are Skeptics
At hybrid learning conference, participants discuss how to get students who signed up for a traditional liberal arts experience excited about online education.
Are China’s colleges too easy?
China may have the lowest college dropout rate in the world. Dropping out of college is almost unheard of.
A new vision for serving student loan borrowers
For Sarah, streamlining student loan repayment for easy access to affordable repayment plans is critical.
Human Rights Warning
Scholars warn Western universities could be held accountable for conduct in countries in which they operate campuses.
Berkeley to accept University of the People graduates
The Californian institution said it will recruit top-performing graduates from the online university
