Plan to Build Universities in Turkey for Syrian Refugees
A Turkish educator, Enver Yucel, has pledged $10 million and is seeking more funds to build universities in Turkey for Syrian refugees, NPR reported. His argument is that the huge population of...
View ArticleUConn Students Escape Bus Just Before It Explodes
More than 50 University of Connecticut student en route to an event for seniors in Boston narrowly escaped a burning bus Saturday, ABC News reported. The students reported that they smelled smoke and...
View ArticleBias Found Against Women at UCLA Med School
Female faculty members at a unit of the University of California at Los Angeles medical school faced biased treatment, "demeaning" treatment and retaliation for reporting violations of research rules,...
View Article3 Shot at Delaware State U Event
Three people were shot at a fraternity and sorority cookout at Delaware State University Saturday, The News Journal reported. Those who were shot were hospitalized and reported to be in stable...
View ArticleOhio U Student Paper Sorry for Deal With President
The Post, the student newspaper at Ohio University, has revealed and apologized for a deal one of its editors made with Roderick J. McDavis, the university's president. Under the deal, McDavis wrote...
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Furor at Valdosta State Over Walking on U.S. Flag
A military veteran was briefly detained by Valdosta State University police Friday after she grabbed a U.S. flag on which protesters were walking, The Valdosta Daily Times reported. The veteran...
View ArticleU of Wisconsin at Madison to Cut 400 Jobs
The University of Wisconsin at Madison plans to cut 400 positions and drastically trim its budget, a response to Republican Governor Scott Walker's plan to cut $300 million from the UW system over the...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Genetic Factors of Huntington’s Disease
In today's Academic Minute, Elizabeth Thomas, a molecular and cellular neuroscientist at the Scripps Research Institute, describes her work to cure Huntington’s disease on a genetic level. Learn more...
View ArticleIn Protest Fallout, U of Amsterdam Board Chair Quits
Louise Gunning has resigned as chair of the University of Amsterdam management board amid criticism of her decision to send in riot police to break up a student sit-in, Dutch News reported. Students...
View ArticleCancellation of Drag Show Spurs Debate at St. Thomas Aquinas
A decision by administrators at St. Thomas Aquinas College to cancel a drag show planned by the campus Gender and Sexuality Alliance club has prompted debate at the New York Roman Catholic institution,...
View ArticleCadre of Trustees Sue Penn State Over Documents
A group of trustees elected by alumni to Pennsylvania State University's governing board sued the university -- and the board -- to try to seek access to documents related to the 2012 investigation...
View ArticleReport: Residential Wi-Fi Gets Faster, More Expensive
For the first time, more than half, or 51.4 percent, of the 550 colleges and universities surveyed for this year's Annual State of the ResNet Report devoted one gigabit of their bandwidth to...
View ArticleProfessors Win Pulitzers
Professors were among the winners of the arts and letters categories in the 2015 Pulitzer Prizes, which were announced Monday:In biography, the winner was The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of...
View ArticleU of Hong Kong Backtracks on Required Study in China
The University of Hong Kong will not require its undergraduate students to visit mainland China, an administrator there said Monday amid blowback from students concerned about China's growing influence...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Space Rendezvous
In today's Academic Minute, John Christian, an aerospace engineer at West Virginia University, is working to improve the computer imaging systems necessary for a space rendezvous. Learn more about the...
View ArticleJudge Orders Hearing on Caged Chimpanzees' Rights
A New York State judge has ordered the State University of New York at Stony Brook to show a legal justification for keeping two chimpanzees caged, The New York Times reported. While the ruling is but...
View ArticleDuncan: Corinthian Student Loan Forgiveness Is on the Table
CHICAGO -- Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Tuesday that he remains open to having his agency cancel the federal student loans of some borrowers who attended Corinthian Colleges.“Everything’s on...
View ArticleCalifornia Agency Orders Corinthian to Stop Enrollments
California's consumer protection agency on Tuesday ordered Corinthian Colleges' campuses in the state to stop enrolling students after tomorrow, the Orange County Registerreported. An official of the...
View ArticleUnusual Protest for More Gender-Neutral Restrooms
California Polytechnic University's Queer Student Union organized a demonstration (please be warned that link features an image of excrement) Thursday to protest the university's lack of restrooms that...
View ArticleMERLOT, OLC Merge Scholarly Journals
The Online Learning Consortium and MERLOT -- the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching -- have merged their two journals on online education. The new journal will be known...
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