Alan G. Merten led Va.’s largest public higher education institution toward a goal of building the nation’s first great suburban university.

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Alan G. Merten to retire as George Mason University president

One study finds that those attending historically black colleges and universities pay a significant wage penalty, but are more likely to be engaged in philanthropic and political activities.

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Economix: Declining Payoff From Black Colleges

The universities minister David Willetts warns universities there will be more cuts to higher education if too many opt to charge maximum tuition fees.

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Universities cuts warning on fees

Courses, staff and students are set to be reduced at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (Uwic) as higher education reorganisation and funding cuts take effect.

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Four courses under threat at uni

Changes made by the government to university tuition fees in England are as likely to cost public money as to save it, the Higher Education Policy Institute says.

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Tuition fees ‘may not save money’

Changes made by the government to university tuition fees in England are as likely to cost public money as to save it, the Higher Education Policy Institute says.

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Tuition fees ‘may not save money’

Students at several universities continue sit-in protests over plans to raise the cap on tuition fees and cut higher education funding.

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Student sit-ins over fees go on

Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) proposed the Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act Thursday, which would provide funding for college and universities to have anti-harassment policies in place. As part of the legislation, any college or…

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Bill Proposed in Memory of Clementi

The Chronicle of Higher Education found in its annual survey, 78 percent of all presidents had total compensation packages of less than $600,000.

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Private-College Chiefs See Rise in Pay

Reforms to higher education funding that allow universities to charge higher fees will not save the government money, a report says.

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Fees reform ‘will not save money’

Education Secretary Michael Russell tells MSPs he is not ruling out a graduate contribution as part of the solution to financing Scotland’s higher education system.

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Graduate fees ‘can’t be ruled out’

An ambitious learning scheme aims to encourage more people to take part in higher education in some of the poorest valleys of south Wales.

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Launch for £10m valleys ‘college’

The unemployment rate among 2009′s graduates is 8.9% – the highest level for 17 years, a higher education study says.

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Graduate jobless rate rises again

The vice chancellor of Oxford University warns the institution will face a funding gap if ministers adopt the proposals of a review into higher education funding.

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Oxford warns of fees funding gap

Kenya’s president suspends Higher Education Minister William Ruto, after a court rules he must stand trial over corruption allegations.

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Kenya’s minister Ruto suspended