Rice University has set aside $33.75 million to settle an antitrust lawsuit filed against 17 prestigious private universities across the country accused of illegally running a scheme that limited the amount of financial aid given to students, according to the school's financial statements for last year. Nine former students who attended some of the universities filed a […]
Whether by providing financial aid or direct admission, high school students are getting excited about these initiatives easing their entry into college.
While 20 states this year are in the middle of their biennial cycle, the remaining will fight to pass favorable budgets that can alleviate the challenges present among colleges and universities today.
Conflict in the Middle East and souring U.S.-China relations has stirred federal lawmakers and agencies to draw an antagonistic eye toward higher education and the nature of U.S. research.
A last-minute FAFSA change of this magnitude could further delay college aid offers, but it would also mean many students would qualify for more help. That's a problem because protecting more of a student's or family's income allows them to qualify for more financial aid. And failing to adjust this so-called "income protection allowance" for inflation, especially […]
The rise in adult learners and digital learning modalities has added new layers to some of higher ed's most puzzling problems. AI is the joker in the deck that poses new challenges—and wonderfully new solutions.
The Education Department has released a series of papers outlining how they propose to increase program integrity and institutional quality in higher education, building on the Biden Administration's longstanding mission to improve school accountability.
The Education Department implemented a "soft launch" of the form on its website last week, but glitches, crashes, and extremely limited available windows have bled past its official launch date and into the new year, and it's yet unclear how long they will last.
Reflecting some of the most significant developments in higher education in 2023, our readers at University Business gravitated toward topics reflecting issues most top-of-mind.
