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Negotiations between industry, consumer groups and universities on U.S. rules for banking services aimed at college students have stalled over a Department of Education proposal to ban most account fees.
University degrees will cost up to three times as much under a deregulated fee system, leaving graduates with $120,000-plus debts, according to the architect of the HECS student loan scheme.
San Jose State's embattled president has issued a public apology, vowing to "right the ship" after a rocky year and widespread criticism led the statewide chancellor to an unprecedented public review of the campus's leadership.
Like so many institutions, Quinnipiac University has struggled at times to maintain its financial footing since the recession.
Scott Freeman and the other scholars behind a new study comparing the efficacy of lectures with more "active" forms of instruction in the science classroom are not aiming low in describing the significance of their findings.
A recently proposed model on open-access publishing has drawn praise for rethinking the roles institutions, libraries and professional organizations play in promoting scholarly communication, but can its collaborative structure be sustained?
Preliminary findings from a study carried out by the Observatory on Borderless Higher Education (OBHE) and its parent company i-Graduate show that agent usage has grown considerably across all major markets, including the US which has until recently historically been averse to using them.
The National University of Ireland is considering a leap into accredited online education with the aim of uniting universities in the republic behind a single international brand.
Even though fraternities are banned at Amherst College, it’s common for students around campus to see guys wearing sweaters with Greek letters or posters advertising parties in one of the off-campus fraternity houses.
Princeton University freshman Tal Fortgang has been told repeatedly to "check his privilege" - to be aware of how his socio-economic and cultural background shapes his views - and he's not happy about it.
