No-Cost Degrees for Anthem Employees at College for America
Anthem Inc., a national health care company, announced Tuesday that its 55,000 employees can pursue a no-cost associate or bachelor's degree at College for America, a competency-based subsidiary of...
View ArticleAccreditors Back Joint Approach to Competency-Based Education
A group representing the seven regional accrediting agencies has developed a common framework for assessing and approving competency-based education programs proposed by their member institutions. The...
View ArticleParental Warmth vs. Helicopter Parenting
Parental love and support does not eliminate the dangers of helicopter parenting, according to a new study. The findings are important, researchers say, because they debunk the view of some helicopter...
View ArticleSEC Adopts Rule Barring Transfers With Violent Pasts
The Southeastern Conference will no longer allow its members to accept transfer athletes with histories of domestic and sexual violence. The new policy, adopted last week, states that any athletes who...
View ArticleU of Alabama at Birmingham Revives Football Program
The University of Alabama at Birmingham will bring back its football program in 2016, the university announced Monday, reversing a controversial decision made in December to shut down the struggling...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: The End of the Universe
In today's Academic Minute, Paul Matthew Sutter, an astronomer and physicist at Ohio State University, details the likely conclusion of our universe. Learn more about the Academic Minute here.
View ArticleWhere the College Grads Want to Live
New college graduates have shifted their patterns on where to move after graduation, according to research published in the journal Papers in Regional Science. In the 1990s, new graduates were flocking...
View ArticleNational U Leads Consortium on K-12 Education
National University will lead a newly formed coalition of nine universities that are seeking to expand teacher development and early childhood initiatives, the San Diego-based National announced this...
View ArticleUVa MOOC Nominated for Emmy Award
Analyst, electoral forecaster and University of Virginia Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics Larry J. Sabato looks to continue his streak at the Emmy Awards this year, as his massive open online...
View ArticleNLRB Office: Saint Xavier Adjuncts May Count Union Votes
A local National Labor Relations Board office decided this week that adjuncts at Saint Xavier University may count their union election votes. The count was halted four years ago after the Roman...
View ArticleNew Booklet on Diversity in the Student Body
Inside Higher Ed is pleased to release today “Diversity in the Student Body,” our latest print-on-demand booklet. Articles focus on demographic and legal issues -- and the strategies used by different...
View ArticleNorthwestern President: United Should Apologize
Morton Schapiro, president of Northwestern University, has written to United Airlines, urging the airline to apologize for the way a flight attendant treated the university's Muslim chaplain, The...
View ArticleScholars Protest Death Sentence to Egyptian Professor
Middle East studies scholars are protesting a provisional death sentence handed down by an Egyptian court to a visiting professor of political science at Georgetown University. Emad al-Din Shahin, who...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Mathematical Foundations
In today's Academic Minute, Martin Krieger, a professor at the University of Southern California, provides a fascinating analysis on the importance of mathematics. Learn more about the Academic Minute...
View ArticleSiena College Adjuncts Vote to Form Union
Non-tenure-track faculty at Siena College voted to form a collective bargaining unit affiliated with Service Employees International Union, they announced Wednesday. The vote was 86 to 27 among...
View ArticleEx-President Sues U of Saskatchewan Over Firing
The former president of the University of Saskatchewan has sued the institution to challenge her dismissal over a free speech issue on the campus, The StarPhoenix of Saskatoon reported.Ilene...
View ArticleUniversities U.K. Opposes Academic Boycott of Israel
The board of Universities U.K. issued a statement on Wednesday rejecting academic boycotts on the grounds that “they are inimical to academic freedom, including the freedom of academics to collaborate...
View ArticleFormer Education Dept. Official Jim Shelton Joins 2U
James H. Shelton, former U.S. deputy secretary of education, is joining 2U as the online program management company's first chief impact officer. Shelton will absorb some of the duties previously...
View Article$400M Gift Will Endow Harvard's Engineering College
A Harvard University alumnus donated $400 million to endow the institution's engineering college, which will jump-start Harvard's stalled effort to expand into nearby Allston, the university announced...
View ArticleBill Gates on College Completion
Bill Gates is among a group of rich college dropouts people often cite when questioning the value of a college degree. He isn't buying that argument.“Although I dropped out of college and got lucky...
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