Charlie Pearce/The Daily Texas, via Associated Press
Abigail Fisher sued after being denied university admission.
A panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday said the University of Texas at Austin used race narrowly enough to meet the standard laid out by the Supreme Court.
Noah Berger for The New York Times
Cited by its accreditor for chronic financial and organizational mismanagement, City College of San Francisco operated in the shadow of imminent shutdown for two years.
A big community college had a long record of low graduation rates and uneven instruction. But when an overseer tried to act, an uproar ensued.
YOUR MONEY ADVISER
Not All Community Colleges Offer Federal Student Loans
By ANN CARRNS
Many community colleges choose not to participate in federal student loan programs, because it could raise the school’s default rate.
Reporting Rape, and Wishing She Hadn’t
By WALT BOGDANICH
A freshman said she was sexually assaulted at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. The school’s handling of the investigation left her wishing she had remained silent.
DEALBOOK
Companies That Offer Help With Student Loans Are Often Predatory, Officials Say
By RACHEL ABRAMS and JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG
The debt settlement industry, already accused of questionable tactics related to mortgages, is finding a gold mine of new clients among those with college loans.
FAIR GAME
Flunking Out, at a Price
By GRETCHEN MORGENSON
In Corinthian Colleges’ downfall, taxpayers and borrowers will again pay for regulatory lapses.
Deal Allows University of Texas President to Keep Job for Now
By MANNY FERNANDEZ and RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
Under the agreement, William Powers Jr., who was threatened with firing in a long-simmering clash over turf, personality and ideology, will keep his job until he formally resigns next June.
Commitment in Texas to Fiscal Restraint Adds Burden for Education
By MORGAN SMITH
Performance in schools has improved despite the state’s low per-student spending, but Texas teachers earn less money than their peers elsewhere and face other financial strains.
Survey Finds Low Rate of Sexual Assault Inquiries at Colleges
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A survey of American colleges and universities found that many had gone years without investigating a sexual assault.
Ex-Inmate Threatens Columbia’s Paper, Police Say
By ARIEL KAMINER
Daniel Mingues, who was involved in the fatal stabbing of a professor in 1972, recently showed up at the office of The Columbia Daily Spectator, which had published articles about the case.
As New York City Expands Pre-K, Private Programs Fear Teacher Drain
By KYLE SPENCER
Most independent centers cannot match the salary and benefits given by New York City's Education Department, causing an unintended result of a mayoral initiative.
Departure of Official Is Sought by Teachers
By MOTOKO RICH
Long ties between the Democratic Party and teachers’ unions are fraying, as seen by the National Education Association’s resolution calling for the resignation of the secretary of education, Arne Duncan.
ABOUT NEW YORK
For Those in the Digital Dark, Enlightenment Is Borrowed From the Library
By JIM DWYER
For most of New York City, two companies, Time Warner and Verizon, provide broadband access at an annual cost of close to $1,000 per home. But for many houses, that means no access at all.
Kansas: Data From School Tests Will Not Be Released
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kansas will not issue any report cards this year on how its public school students performed on standardized reading and math tests after cyberattacks and other problems this spring, the State Board of Education decided Tuesday.
THE UPSHOT
More on American Colleges’ Standing in the World
By KEVIN CAREY
Defenders of the supremacy of United States universities are using arguments that don't stand up to scrutiny.
Students Joining Battle to Upend Laws on Voter ID
By MATT APUZZO
College students have joined a legal challenge in North Carolina, claiming that the state’s requirements discriminate based on age.
A Mad Scramble for Young Bankers
By WILLIAM ALDEN
Private-equity firms are pushing earlier than ever to lure Wall Street investment banks’ most promising talent.
PROTOTYPE
Shaping a School System, From the Ground Up
By CLAIRE MARTIN
In starting a new educational network in Peru, a businessman turned to Ideo, a design company, to help devise everything from classrooms to business models.
College Group Run for Profit Looks to Close or Sell Schools
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
Corinthian Colleges, under an agreement with the Education Department, will sell almost 100 schools in the United States and Canada, and it will close a dozen others.
Homicide Charges Likely in Baruch College Fraternity Retreat Case
By ARIEL KAMINER
A Pennsylvania police chief said he expected most of the Pi Delta Psi members who were at a Poconos retreat where Chun Hsien Deng died to be prosecuted.
YOUR MONEY
Services Emerge to Help Out-of-State Students Pay In-State Tuition
By RON LIEBER
Companies like In-State Angels are trying to help students and parents avoid the high price of out-of-state tuition, but some colleges frown on it.
Lawsuit Challenges New York’s Teacher Tenure Laws
By AL BAKER
In the wake of a landmark court decision in California, an education advocacy group says the laws violate the State Constitution’s guarantee of a “sound basic education.”
Birth Control Order Deepens Divide Among Justices
By ADAM LIPTAK
The Supreme Court temporarily barred the government from enforcing against a Christian college a contraception rule under the Affordable Care Act, drawing a furious dissent from the three female justices, who said the court had broken a promise.
MORTGAGES
College Debt and Home Buying
By LISA PREVOST
While homeownership is down nationally since the housing market collapse, the drop-off among younger adults, 25 to 34, is particularly striking.
Harvard to Bring On Specialists to Examine Sexual Assault Claims
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
Administrators said they would also end a fragmented approach that allowed various parts of the university to handle sexual harassment and assault complaints differently.
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