Just imagine this nightmare scenario playing out at your institution of higher education: armed agents in navy blue "FBI," "ICE" and "DHS" windbreakers wandering the halls, stuffing files into boxes marked for evidence, removing and taking possession of computer hard drives, and sealing off rooms with yellow tape. Television reporters chase you and other university […]

Higher education is supposed to be a critical first step on the ladder that leads to economic mobility. But William Elliott and Melinda Lewis say that students often leave school with debilitating debt that delays or even prevents any upward climb on that ladder. The Real College Debt Crisis: How Student Borrowing Threatens Financial Well-Being […]

Much of what we read today about higher education tends to dwell on constraints and reductions, but at least one sector of academe is actually growing. New medical schools are in various states of planning, development and accreditation, while existing schools are expanding class sizes, portending perhaps the greatest increase in this sector since World […]

Effective student success initiatives begin long before that first day of classes and often continue beyond graduation. They contribute to a complete education experience, intended to attract the right students, help them find their passions, keep them in school and boost their chances for post-graduation success. The colleges and universities highlighted in the third round […]