Everest University in Florida, Liberty University in Virginia, and International American University of Puerto Rico - Aguadilla Campus reported the largest share of borrowers from private, nonprofit institutions who defaulted on school loans they started repaying in 2014, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education. Read More »

University of Georgia grossed $352,349 per athlete in 2016 – the highest of all athletic programs that year, followed by University of Texas at Austin ($346,947 per athlete) and Louisiana State University ($315,988 per athlete), according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest federal data. Read More »

University of Texas at Austin grossed $207 million in 2016, making it the highest-grossing college sports program that year, followed by Ohio State University ($176 million) and University of Alabama ($174 million), according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest federal data. Read More »

Lindenwood University, Cornell University and Harvard University reported the most students participating in athletics in 2016, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of U.S. Department of Education data. Read More »

Stanford women's basketball tops the list of highest grossing programs with more than $21 million – or $1.5 million per athlete – in 2016, followed by UConn ($9 million), Baylor ($7.6 million), Florida State ($7 million) and Vanderbilt ($5.2 million), according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest federal data. Read More »

Though excluded from the NCAA tournament, University of Louisville men's basketball tops the list of highest grossing programs with nearly $44 million – or $2.9 million per athlete – in 2016, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest federal data. Read More »

New York's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute recently earned designation from piano producer Steinway & Sons as an All-Steinway School, an honor shared with 180 institutions on five continents. Read More »

A son’s gift of $630,000 to Fordham University’s scholarship programs will not only honor his mother, but will also help first-generation students achieve their educational goals. Read More »

With what was promised to be the most transparent administration in history having turned out to be the most opaque, it would be nice if its successor made a genuine commitment to candor. Read More »

Fordham University has announced that it will construct the Center for Jewish Studies. Read More »

Fordham University has announced that it will be hosting Fatim Lelenta as part of its IPED Lecture Series. Read More »

New York City Mayor Bill di Blasio and Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett recently agreed to bipartisan cooperation on improving mental health services throughout the country at Cities Thrive, a two-day conference for leaders hosted by Fordham University. Read More »

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has been ranked as one of the best institutions in the United States by U.S. News & World Report. Read More »

The Darrin Fresh Water Institute (DFWI) has started to transition into a platform for multidisciplinary education and research, where undergraduate and graduate students, faculty members and researchers can learn. Read More »

President Barack Obama recently announced that the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition, which includes Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will lead the newest Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute, working to develop smart sensors to make U.S. manufacturing more efficient. Read More »

After a three-day campus visit, Middle States, the accrediting body for Mid-Atlantic universities and colleges, has voted to grant Fordham University a full and unconditional accreditation. Read More »

Epistemologist Stephen Grimm secured a $4.2 million grant from the Templeton Foundation — the largest humanities grant in Fordham history — to support “Varieties of Understanding,” a three-year study culminating in a June 22-24 conference at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center campus in New York City. Read More »

The Varieties of Understanding project concluded with the capstone conference on June 24. Read More »

Fordham University Assistant Professor of Biology received a Grass Fellowship to spend the summer at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Massachusetts, where she is working on research on epigenetic regulation. Read More »

A group of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers recently used a thermoelectric material with small quantities of sulfur to discover a new approach to making significant improvements in efficient thermoelectric nanomaterials. Read More »