Incorporated in the Higher Education Act in 2008, Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs) are defined as institutions that: Serve at least 1,000 un...

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher learning established prior to 1964 with the education of black Amer...

Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs): A Background Primer In the early 1980s, a series of congressional hearings on Latino access to higher educati...

A Background Primer The federal government provides financial assistance for higher education in four broad categories – grants, work study, loans,...

A Background Primer As the price of a college education has risen, increasingly a greater number of students and their families have come to rely o...

“When one professor can teach 50,000 people, it alters the economics of education.” -Andrew Ng, Coursera Historical Context Massive Open Online Cou...

A Background Primer No start of an academic year goes by without renewed consternation about the ever-increasing price of a college education. Alth...

A Background Primer In the last several years, policymakers and the public have begun to question the nation’s system of higher education. Skyrocke...

A Background Primer To understand higher education accreditation in the United States it is important to appreciate the values and beliefs that und...