Kalamazoo Drops Admissions Test Requirement
Kalamazoo College is dropping its requirement that applicants submit S.A.T. or A.C.T. scores. The college announced that a faculty committee studied the impact and effectiveness of various admissions...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Biological Roots of Consumer Behavior
In today's Academic Minute, Gad Saad, professor of marketing at Concordia University, taps in to the biological origins of our consumerist nature. Learn more about the Academic Minute here.
View ArticleReport Criticizes Higher Ed's Embrace of Sustainability
Sustainability has become "higher education's new fundamentalism," according to a report released Wednesday by the National Association of Scholars, a group that is an advocate for a traditional...
View ArticleAcademic Partnerships Announces First 'Specializations' Partners
Specializations, Academic Partnerships' initiative to help universities extend their reach to non-English-speaking students, has found its first four partners: business schools at the University of...
View ArticleReport on Challenges for High School Counselors in College Advising
High school counselors have significant time demands that keep them from spending as much time as many would like on college advising, according to a report released Wednesday by the National...
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2,500 Rally to Back Mississippi Chancellor Being Ousted
About 2,500 people rallied at the University of Mississippi Wednesday to demand that the state higher education board reverse its decision not to renew the contract of Chancellor Dan Jones, The...
View ArticleWisconsin System Chief Would Quit If Cuts Aren't Reduced
Ray Cross said Wednesday that he would resign as president of the University of Wisconsin System if $300 million in budget cuts proposed by Governor Scott Walker, a Republican, are not reduced and if...
View ArticleEnrollment Woes Continue for U. of Phoenix
Apollo Education Group's revenue and enrollment slide has continued, according to a corporate filing released this week. The publicly traded company, which owns the University of Phoenix, had a...
View ArticleConcerns on Academic Integrity at Stanford
Stanford University has released a letter to the faculty from Provost John Etchemendy about an "unusually high number of troubling allegations" about academic dishonesty during the fall quarter. "Among...
View ArticleEx-Student Apologizes for Racist Chant of Fraternity
One of the two students expelled from the University of Oklahoma over a fraternity's racist chant has apologized to black leaders in Oklahoma City, and then to the public, The New York Times reported....
View ArticleLate U.N.C. Coach Dean Smith Left $200 for Each Player
The late Dean Smith, the legendary basketball coach who died last month, left $200 to each of the basketball players he coached over 36 years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Sports...
View ArticleU.F. Online Names New Director
U.F. Online, the University of Florida's online arm, has after a yearlong search found a new director. Evangeline Cummings, director of the strategic management division of the U.S. Environmental...
View ArticleGordon Accreditation Not in Danger
Many press reports have indicated that the accreditation of Gordon College, a Christian institution, is in danger because of concerns the New England Association of Schools and Colleges has about the...
View Article12,000 Pages of Support for U. of Wisconsin
Thousands of University of Wisconsin System advocates put together 12,000 pages of petition signatures and public comments that were submitted to a legislative finance committee considering massive...
View ArticleReport Faults Education Dept. Management of Grants for Teachers
The U.S. Department of Education needs to do a better job of managing the federal grant program for teachers, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office.The TEACH Grant program...
View ArticleCampus Stores Sue Purdue U. over Amazon Contract
The National Association of College Bookstores on Tuesday filed a lawsuit to obtain Purdue University's contract with Amazon, after a public records request produced a redacted copy, The Indianapolis...
View ArticleFaculty Propose Sweet Briar Shift Focus to STEM
Twenty-plus faculty members and alumnae of Sweet Briar College announced Thursday that they want to keep the institution alive but shift its focus to science, mathematics and technology. The plan would...
View ArticleU. of Toronto, T.A.s Agree to Arbitration to End Strike
The University of Toronto and the union that represents its teaching assistants have agreed to binding arbitration on a contract, ending a strike that has been going on for a month.
View ArticleWhy Is Private Investigator Looking at N.Y.U. Critics?
A private investigator -- whose client has not been identified -- is looking into critics of New York University's Abu Dhabi campus, The New York Times reported. Among the targets: Andrew Ross, an...
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Report on SAE Chant, and Other Racial Issues at Duke
A black woman who is a student at Duke University reported to officials there that last weekend a group of while male students taunted her with the racist chant used by a University of Oklahoma...
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