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Suffolk University’s new president Margaret McKenna says she’s committed to urban issues and college access and affordability. McKenna, a civil rights lawyer who ran Lesley University for 20 years, is the first woman to lead the 109-year-old university, which faces a host of issues – from skyrocketing costs to a shrinking endowment. As Suffolk’s fourth […]

On Wednesday, WGBH News aired a story about professors who are reluctant to retire for social and psychological reasons. When PRI shared it, the post got a lot of engagement.  [View the story “Should professors be forced to retire?” on Storify] [Cross-posted at On Campus: The WGBH News Higher Education Blog]

Journalism professor Mike Brown is the second longest-serving faculty member at Emerson College  (Kirk Carapezza/WGBH). Since the Great Recession, postponing retirement is becoming more common in some professions, including higher education. A new survey shows two thirds of college professors now plan to work past the age of 67. That trend comes with serious consequences. […]

Hillary Clinton announces her so-called New College Compact in Exeter, New Hampshire, on Monday. Hillary Rodham Clinton is on the campaign trail in New Hampshire, pushing her policy proposals for student loan reform. Clinton wants states to spend more on public colleges, taking a page from the progressive playbook. At a campaign event in Exeter […]

On college campuses across the country, a growing challenge is cyber security. That’s because colleges and universities tend to have open networks containing lots of information, making them vulnerable targets. Despite repeated warnings, colleges aren’t adapting quickly enough to today’s threats.

If you’re in high school, there’s no escaping the college-application madness ― even during the lazy days of summer. Some students are now enrolling in expensive pre-college summer courses they hope will catch the eye of admissions officers they’d like to impress. But experts say it’d be a mistake to think these courses give anyone […]

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn. talks with committee member Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Committee is discussing ways to reauthorize the Higher Education Act. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh). Republican and Democratic lawmakers Wednesday questioned the merits of alternative learning models, as the Senate Education […]

A survey of four-year nonprofit colleges shows 90 percent of admissions officers are carefully watching legal challenges to affirmative action, but few are changing their policies. The survey conducted by the American Council on Education follows a flurry of legal challenges to race-conscious admissions, and it examines specific practices of admissions officers at 338 colleges […]

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., delivering a speech at the Brookings Institution. Sanders is among a growing group of progressive politicians proposing debt-free college for students who attend public colleges and universities.  (Brookings Institution/Flickr) As students are increasingly stressed about their finances, debt-free college is all the rage. Politicians are using the concept […]

Corporate America is increasingly partnering with online higher education. First, it was Starbucks and Arizona State University. Then, it was Chrysler-Fiat and Strayer University in Virginia. Just this month, Chipotle got wrapped up in the movement. More businesses are paying for their workers to go to college, and employees are taking advantage of the opportunity. […]