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Which college presidents published the most op-eds in 2014?

There were big-picture pieces on race relations, immigration, climate change, incarceration, veterans, gender issues and the proliferation of firearms. And there were hot-button campus issues...

Outbreak forces review of college vaccination mandates

Recent campus outbreaks of easily spread but preventable diseases have forced administrators across the nation to review their institutions’ immunization policies. Immunization policy on potentially...

Higher ed taps deeper into endowments

U.S. colleges and universities last year paid for operations with bigger chunks of their endowments to compensate for declines in key sources of revenue,...

Jointly funded town-gown program draws wider interest

From dealing with an increase in student housing to managing off-campus student conduct, Colorado State University and the city of Fort Collins have a...

Georgia leads college consolidation movement

The University System of Georgia has worked to combine several more of its higher education institutions this year in what is likely the nation’s...

And rankings for all: Questioning national college rating framework

College ranking systems are typically viewed as unreliable metrics, often accused of practicing favoritism based on questionable criteria that varies by publisher. In an attempt...

New wave of students wants to design own college plans

With a design to do things their own way, Generation Z, or people ages 16 to 19, could change higher ed. According to the “Portrait...

Campus child care declines at community colleges

The number of college students with dependent children has been growing, with 4.8 million U.S. undergrads raising children. Yet, campus-based child care has been declining,...

Obama proposes free community college tuition

President Barack Obama is not acting like someone whose party suffered heavy defeats in the recent midterm election. Last month he previewed America’s College...

Student debt declines for third straight year

Might the cliche of the forever-indebted college student someday become a fable? According to a new College Board report, total college student debt for 2013-14...