MUSCATINE, Iowa — The suspect moved menacingly toward her, but Elexiana Oliva stood her ground, gun drawn and in a half crouch as she calmly tried to talk him down. The confrontation wasn't real, and ...

Emily Shields, executive director of Community Colleges for Iowa, which is studying whether the state’s community colleges should be allowed to offer bachelor’s degrees. For some students, “moving to ...

Tech and other industry leaders from Bill Gates to Mark Cuban have embraced the technology and touted its potential to reshape the global economy. Colleges and universities have followed suit, ...

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MOLINE, Ill. — A new bill moving through the Illinois General Assembly — filed by Sen. Mike Halpin, D-Rock Island — could change the landscape of higher education in the state. Right now, students at ...

Illinois could become the latest state to permit its community colleges to offer bachelor’s degrees in high-demand fields. In his state of the state budget address on Wednesday, Governor JB Pritzker ...

Christendom College announced that it will begin offering graduate degrees in education in what its president calls a “tremendous moment” for the college. In the fall, the first cohort of doctoral ...

Last month, Manchester University, a private liberal arts college two hours north of Indianapolis, became the first college in Indiana to win approval to offer reduced-credit bachelor’s degrees. The ...

This year, Shenandoah University launched new online MBA programs in cybersecurity and public health, University of Illinois Springfield began offering master’s certificates in business administration ...

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The artificial intelligence boom doesn't appear to be going away any time soon. Back in 2018, long before ChatGPT gained its current notoriety around college campuses, Carnegie Mellon University began ...