Academic Minute: A Study of Unrequited Love
In today's Academic Minute, Lisa Phillips, a journalism professor at the State University of New York at New Paltz, discusses the effect unrequited love has on inspiration. Learn more about the...
View ArticleFollett Buys More Than 200 Campus Bookstores
Follett Corporation and the Nebraska Book Company on Thursday announced a deal in which Nebraska (which operates beyond that state) will sell 200 bookstores it runs for colleges to Follett. The deal...
View ArticleNo Charges Against UVa Student Whose Arrest Angered Many
Virginia prosecutors have dropped charges against Martese Johnson, a black student at the University of Virginia, The Washington Post reported. When Johnson was arrested in March, photographs showing...
View ArticleFor-Profit Group Criticizes Education Dept. on Corinthian
The Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities sent a letter to U.S. Department of Education Under Secretary Ted Mitchell Thursday expressing disappointment in how the federal agency views...
View ArticleSurvey Explores Digital Book Publishing Strategies
The Association of American University Presses' sixth annual survey on digital book publishing finds presses are pursuing myriad strategies but balancing them against limited resources. Nearly all...
View ArticleNearly Half of Senior Tenured Professors Want to Delay Retirement
Some 65 percent of tenured senior faculty members plan to put off retirement for various reasons, according to a new study from the TIAA-CREF Institute. But the reasons behind that figure might not be...
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Stanford President Will Step Down
John L. Hennessy announced Thursday that he will step down as president of Stanford University next summer. He has been president since 2000 and served as a faculty member and administrator at Stanford...
View ArticleAccrediting Body Places UNC on Probation
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will not lose accreditation over the academic fraud that occurred there, but it will face one year of probation, the Southern Association of Colleges and...
View ArticleBudget Deal Averts Severe Cuts in Louisiana
The Louisiana Legislature on Thursday approved a budget deal that is expected to avert severe cuts to the state's higher education system. The deal is based on a series of legislative maneuvers to...
View ArticleExtortion and Student Government
LaMont Glenn Jackson, who just finished a term as student trustee on the board of the Los Angeles Community College District, has been charged with attempted extortion, The Los Angles Times reported....
View ArticleJudge Orders Release of Donor Emails in Salaita Case
A judge on Friday ordered the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to release emails regarding the revoked tenure appointment of Steven Salaita. The American Indian studies scholar found himself...
View ArticleWhy Did College Board Clarify Statement on SAT Snafu?
The College Board at some point last week changed its explanation of why it was not scoring two sections of the SAT given on June 6, but did so without indicating a change had been made, and while...
View ArticleTrailer Arrives for Film on Stanford Prison Experiment
The trailer has arrived for a film, being released nationally next month, about the Stanford Prison Experiment (which is the name of the film as well), a controversial experiment at Stanford University...
View ArticleStudy Challenges Conventional Wisdom on Retractions
With retractions of scholarly papers attracting much attention these days, a study that will be released Wednesday will challenge conventional wisdom on the factors that encourage work that must be...
View ArticleHow Star Athletes Evade Legal Consequences
Leading universities regularly intervene when men's basketball or football players are suspected of or charged with breaking laws, an investigation by ESPN has found. The investigation involved...
View ArticleClinton Vows to Help Students With Debt
In a speech billed as a campaign opening, Hillary Clinton, favorite for the Democratic presidential nomination, pledged Saturday to take steps to help students afford higher education. She twice...
View ArticleSaint Elizabeth Is Latest Women's College to Admit Men
The College of Saint Elizabeth announced Friday that it will admit men to all programs, starting in the fall of 2016. The women's college has already been admitting men to some weekend and evening...
View ArticleJury Backs Professor Fired by Erskine College
A South Carolina jury last week found that Erskine College violated the rights of William Crenshaw when it fired him in 2011 from his tenured position as a professor of English. The court ordered...
View ArticleStudent Opposes Teaching of Graphic Novels
A student at California's Crafton Hills College and her parents are urging the institution to ban the teaching of several graphic novels, Redlands Daily Facts reported. The student says that the...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Permafrost
In today's Academic Minute, Rob Spencer, an oceanographer at Florida State University, discusses his research on permafrost. Learn more about the Academic Minute here.
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