The for-profit Corinthian Colleges is calling it quits following accusations that it misled students. It’s nice to see a school with an unsavory reputation bite the dust, but our higher ed problems extend to non-profit institutions as well.

Private colleges are suffering, and have been for a while. They are granting steeper and steeper discounts on what at first glance seem to be astronomical fees.

The UN takes aim at Australia’s immigration policy. While it is certainly draconian, countries do have a sovereign right to control their borders.

The Liberian President has threatened to prosecute anyone who conceals a victim of the Ebola virus. As the death toll climbs, health organizations and governments are scrambling to control the worst ever outbreak of the virus.

As public financing for state universities continues to decline, schools are forced to adapt. UCLA’s business school, for example, will soon be self-supporting.

After breaking the ceasefire due to increased activity from the separatists, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko calls on the EU to turn up the heat on Putin. But don’t hold your breath….

Carl Gershman, Thomas Carothers, and Daniel Calingaert spoke on a panel entitled “How Can We Do Better at Promoting Democracy?” as part of a recent conference on “Re-thinking Democracy Promotion Amid Rising Authoritarianism.” The conference was jointly sponsored by The American Interest, Freedom House, and Johns Hopkins-SAIS.

Scientists have figured out how drug-resistant bacteria use a protein to build their “defensive barriers,” and thus, how that protein could be inhibited. This is big news in the war on bacteria.

The free higher education plan Starbucks is offering employees isn’t the great act of munificence that some seem to have expected, but it will largely benefit all parties involved.

The death toll from the Ebola virus in West Africa is now higher than 300, with over 600 infected. Health organizations say it requires an urgent response.