U. of California Delays Tuition Increase
The University of California System has pushed back a planned 5 percent tuition increase from the summer quarter to the fall quarter, The Sacramento Bee reported. The move comes amid discussions...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Joseph Bonaparte’s Point Breeze Estate
In today's Academic Minute, Richard Veit, an anthropologist at Monmouth University, offers a historical profile of Point Breeze, the lavish garden he brought to life on his New Jersey estate. Learn...
View ArticleNew Research Effort Focused on Minority Males
A new research collaborative was announced Thursday to promote academic study of efforts that promote success for minority boys and men. The effort is called RISE, for Research, Integration, Strategy...
View ArticleUCSF Receives $100 Million Gift
The University of California at San Francisco has received a $100 million gift from the philanthropist Charles Feeney. The funds will be used for the medical university's hospitals, neuroscience and...
View ArticleUniversity Clarifies Stance on Instructor Called Anti-Vaccine
Queen's University in Canada announced Thursday that Melody Torcolacci, an instructor accused of teaching scientifically invalid anti-vaccine arguments, would not be returning to teach the health...
View ArticleReport: Three Finalists to Lead U. of Texas at Austin
Texas officials have narrowed their search to replace University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers to three names, the Austin American-Statesman reported Thursday, citing unnamed sources.The...
View ArticleAnna Deavere Smith to Deliver Jefferson Lecture
The National Endowment for the Humanities announced Thursday that Anna Deavere Smith will deliver the 44th Jefferson Lecture on April 6. Smith is an actress and playwright known for works of nonfiction...
View ArticleFraternity Sues Wesleyan for Coeducation Requirement
The Wesleyan University chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon is suing the university for "discrimination, misrepresentation and deceptive practices" over Wesleyan's order that its fraternities must become...
View ArticleReport Urges Major Changes in Journalism Education
A new report from the Knight Foundation urges a major overhaul in journalism education. The report calls for journalism schools to create new "digital first" publications and to hire faculty who have...
View ArticleLegislators Move to Oust Board of South Carolina State
Legislators are offering competing plans to oust the board of South Carolina State University, The State reported. South Carolina State is a financially troubled historically black college, and a House...
View ArticleNew University System to Focus on Health Careers
A new university system focused on health care -- and financed in an unusual way -- was announced this morning, backed by the German publishing giant Bertelsmann. Arist Education System said it would...
View Article'This Week': Pressure on Admissions / Classifying Faculty
On the latest edition of "This Week,"Inside Higher Ed's free news podcast, David Hawkins of the National Association for College Admission Counseling and Todd Rinehart of the University of Denver...
View ArticleSecond UMKC Professor Resigns in Ranking Scandal
The University of Missouri at Kansas City on Friday announced that John Norton has resigned as a faculty member of the Henry W. Bloch School of Management. He is the second faculty member to quit who...
View ArticleResearcher Who Denies Climate Change Took $1.2M From Industry
Wei-Hock Soon, a scientist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, regularly publishes articles and makes appearances to dispute the scholarly consensus on climate change. The New York...
View ArticleU.S. Proposes Rules for Higher Ed Innovation Program
The U.S. Education Department is today proposing rules for carrying out the First in the World Program, the Obama administration's effort to stimulate innovation in higher education. The notice,...
View ArticleApology for Black History Menu of Fried Chicken
Wright State University has apologized for a menu last week to mark Black History Month. The Dayton Daily News reported that students complained that the menu, which featured fried chicken, collard...
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East Carolina Will Drop Name of Racist From Dormitory
The board of East Carolina University voted Friday to remove the name of Charles Aycock, a former North Carolina governor who was for years a leader of the segregationist white supremacist movement in...
View ArticleSojourner-Douglass College Loses Accreditation
Sojourner-Douglass College, a private institution in Baltimore that focuses on black students and black communities, has lost an appeal to hold on to its accreditation, The Baltimore Sun reported. The...
View ArticleCorinthian: Closed in Canada, Compromise in California
Further developments in the collapse of Corinthian Colleges:Canadian authorities have shut down the 14 Corinthian institutions in Canada, finding that they no longer had the right to be licensed in the...
View ArticleUNC Professors Criticize Move to Close Poverty Center
Sixty law professors at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have issued a statement objecting to plans by the University of North Carolina System board to close the UNC Center on Poverty,...
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