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BSU to explain plan for redeveloping Village neighborhood in two February presentations

According to a news release from Ball State, the revitalization plan calls for the creation of a "best-in-class, multigenerational district" driven by arts and...

FAFSA can be a nightmare. The Dept. of Education is stepping in

After another frustrating delay with the Education Department’s rollout of changes to the college financial aid system, officials are trying to help colleges adapt. The agency said on...

The real student loan crisis isn’t from undergraduate degrees

It's true that yearly increases in college tuition have long outstripped inflation, rising more than 200 percent since 1980. But the conversation around student loan debt...

Global rankings: the age of deference is coming to an end

Recently, criticism of global university rankings has intensified. The causes and the possible consequences of this discontent are diverse and the future is hard...

A top college reinstates the SAT

Dartmouth College announced this morning that it would again require applicants to submit standardized test scores, starting next year. Like many other colleges during the...

Pensacola State College tuition reimbursement welding, nursing jobs

Pensacola State College is offering money-back tuition guarantees for students enrolled in certain programs: welding, registered nursing and paramedics. All three fields will grow...

Colleges dropped the SAT and ACT. Here’s why many high schools didn’t

Students applying to Indiana University, the state’s flagship school, don’t have to submit standardized test scores to be considered for admission. But they still have...

Scammers posing as Drexel University professor dupe student out of thousands of dollars

Clayton Justice said he answered a job listing that appeared to have been posted by a Drexel University professor in October. It offered a...

Oregon university drops failing grades for students, citing ‘GPA fixation’

An Oregon university announced they will abandon failing letter grades, citing a "GPA fixation" that negatively impacts students. Western Oregon University issued a news release...

Students hold silent protest at SC State University as school considers eliminating programs

Student organizations held a silent protest at South Carolina State University on Wednesday as the university’s board of trustees consider eliminating academic programs at...

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