Reuters: Blackboard Seeking $3 Billion Sale
Educational technology giant Blackboard is exploring a sale, according to anonymous sources who spoke to Reuters. The company, which develops the learning management system Learn and a host of other...
View ArticleA World Where Educators Are More Valued Than Athletes
We're not saying such a world exists. But the comedians Key & Peele imagined such a place, where SportsCenter would be replaced with another show altogether ….
View ArticleAkron Layoffs Include Everyone at University Press
The University of Akron announced a few weeks ago that it was going to eliminate more than 200 jobs to deal with a budget deficit. As employees losing their jobs were notified this week, it has become...
View ArticleThe Haverford Network in Pro Baseball
An article in The New York Times explores how alumni of Haverford College, a small, academically rigorous Division III institution, have come to play an outsized role in professional baseball. While a...
View ArticleFuror Over Delayed Appointment at U of Hong Kong
Students stormed out of a meeting of the governing council of the University of Hong Kong Tuesday, with one person collapsing and needing to be hospitalized, The South China Morning Post reported. The...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Maternal Estrangement
In today's Academic Minute, Megan Gilligan, professor of human development and family studies at Iowa State University, delves directly into this understudied topic. Learn more about the Academic...
View ArticleMumps Outbreak at U of Illinois, U of Missouri
Cases of the mumps have broken out on two different campuses, health officials reported this week. Fifty cases of the mumps have been reported in Champaign county in Illinois and most of them are...
View ArticleFTC Investigates U of Phoenix Parent Group
Apollo Education Group, which owns the University of Phoenix, disclosed in a corporate filing Wednesday that they received a civil investigative demand from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.According...
View ArticleU of New Hampshire 'Bias-Free Language Guide'
Conservative websites on Wednesday spent time mocking a "bias-free language guide" at the University of New Hampshire, which isn't new, but that somehow captured attention this week. The guide features...
View ArticleWhite House Summit on Short-Term Training Programs
The White House is hosting a meeting today on the growing boot camp and coding academy space, which offers short-term training programs to students. Other alternative providers, such as online course...
View ArticleDutch University Fires Russian Scientist for Spying
The Eindhoven University of Technology, in the Netherlands, has fired a Russian postdoc in computer science, Ivan Agafonov, after Dutch officials warned the university that he was spying for Russia,...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Digital Research
In today's Academic Minute, Neel Smith, professor of classics at the College of the Holy Cross, discusses his work studying classical material using modern methods. Learn more about the Academic Minute...
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Lions and Turkeys and Bears, Oh My!
A turkey is roaming the University of Michigan, attracting considerable attention, MLive reported. The turkey reportedly has tried to board buses. "He hasn't hurt anybody, but he's a very aggressive...
View ArticleKaplan, Lincoln Tech Settle with Mass. Attorney General
Kaplan Career Institute and Lincoln Technical Institute have settled with the Massachusetts attorney general, Maura Healey, to resolve allegations of inflating job placement numbers and employing...
View ArticleCourt Orders Chicago State Not to Mess With Faculty Blog
A federal judge has directed officials at Chicago State University not to interfere with the operations of a faculty blog that has been highly critical of the administration. Chicago State has tried in...
View ArticleBoston U Bars Leader of White 'Conservation' Group
Boston University has barred from campus Angelo John Gage, chairman of the National Youth Front, The Boston Globe reported. The front describes itself as a group focused on the "conservation" of white...
View ArticlePenn Tweaks Policies on Admissions Testing
The University of Pennsylvania on Thursday announced changed in its policies on admissions tests. One change is that Penn will required two SAT subject tests of all applicants (with specific...
View Article20% of Common App Colleges Won't Require Essay
The Common Application, which historically has required colleges to use an essay to demonstrate commitment to "holistic" admissions, last year announced that it would allow its members to no longer...
View ArticleAppeals Court Partially Backs Adjunct's Disability Claim
A federal appeals court on Thursday partially overturned a lower court's dismissal of an adjunct professor's lawsuit accusing Moraine Valley Community College of discriminating against him on the basis...
View ArticleOhio State Band Used Song to Mock Holocaust Victims
Ohio State University's marching band, widely considered one of the best in the country, had a parody song in its songbook that mocked Holocaust victims, The Wall Street Journalreported. The song, to...
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