For-Profit Colleges Sue The Federal Government Over Student Loan Rules
An industry group calls an attempt to regulate the career college industry "unlawful, arbitrary and irrational."
Education
Harvard Secretly Photographed Classrooms To Monitor Attendance
Some students and faculty are upset about the surveillance, but lots of colleges do this kind of thing all the time.
In South Carolina, A Program That Makes Apprenticeships Work
Apprenticeship programs have been in decline, but South Carolina is bucking the trend. Nearly 11,000 apprentices have been trained there since 2007 in fields ranging from manufacturing to nursing.
From NYC's International Schools, Lessons For Teaching Unaccompanied Minors
Schools around the U.S. are struggling to accommodate the influx of children from Central America. These schools have been helping students from around the world adjust and learn for years.
Charlotte's College Of Faith Lacks A Campus But Not A Football Team
Normally, colleges create their football teams. But now we have the story of a football coach who created a college. It's an online school called College of Faith in Charlotte, N.C.
Philadelphia Schools: Another Year, Another Budget Crisis
The city's public schools have lurched from one crisis to the next. The latest: canceling the contract with the teachers' union. Just about everyone worries that there's no long-term fix in sight.
A Collection Of Clues To America's Educational Past
Tucked away in boxes, deep in the collection of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, are objects that tell the history of American education.
Jury Finds Tradition Is No Excuse For Brutal Hazing
Dante Martin faces a possible 22 years in prison for manslaughter in the death of fellow Florida A&M band member Robert Champion.
The New Vocabulary Of Urban Education
The names that many big-city schools, teachers and students use to describe themselves are changing. Exhibit A: New Orleans.
Black Students Gather At Harvard To Watch 'Dear White People'
Dear White People follows the stories of four black students at a prestigious, majority white college, where racial tensions are threatening to bring chaos to the campus.