Though the Office of Budget and Management has approved most of DeVos' changes, her idea to decentralize the budget office in the Department of Education is getting some resistance. On Politico.
Signing an agreement with Nike, Adidas, or Under Armour can mean millions of new dollars for the athletics program. On Triangle Business Journal.
Too many basketball players at Duke hardly stay at the school before leaving for the NBA—and it could hurt the university's reputation. On the News & Observer.
The department claims it has authority over loan servicers, but states are trying to pass regulations as well. On the Chronicle of Higher Education.
The full-tuition-paying students boost the bottom line for colleges, but there's a limit to how useful of a strategy that will be for colleges struggling to pay their bills. On Pacific Standard.
Funding colleges based on their outcomes may help poor and minority students more than the status quo does now. On Education Dive.
"Reform from within" is a myth; for college sports, letting academics control it could be the best way. On The Wall Street Journal.
Bryan Caplan wants sharp funding cuts for college, an end to subsidizing low-earning majors, and parents to stop pressuring apathetic students to enroll in college. On Reason.
Though their diversity is overlooked, evangelical colleges face recurring problems in interpreting their mission and recruiting students. On Inside Higher Ed.
Administrators have overthrown all other parties in contesting the authority over higher education. On the LA Review of Books.