NCAA Proposal Would Loosen Name and Likeness Rules
The 65 colleges in the "Power Five" conferences announced a slew of new legislative proposals Friday, including a measure that would allow athletes to use their "names, images, and likenesses to...
View ArticleGesundheit, Not 'God Bless You'
A professor at the University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley asked students in a class syllabus to āPlease refrain from saying āGod bless you,āā before the statement was removed amid outcry from...
View ArticleWheelock VP's Memo to Faculty Used Others' Words
Shirley Malone-Fenner, vice president for academic affairs at Wheelock College, sent a start-of-the-year letter to faculty members, and a number of passages came, without attribution, from the words of...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Building Better Bridges
In today's Academic Minute, Nabil Grace, director of the Center for Innovative Materials Research at Lawrence Technological University, discusses our failing infrastructure. Learn more about the...
View ArticleDisparities Among Asian-American Students in California
A new report from the Campaign for College Opportunity, a nonprofit group, breaks down how Asian-American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students are faring in higher education in California....
View ArticleNo-Receipts-Needed Expense Accounts?
The faculty union at Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District is protesting contract provisions for two presidents that offer reimbursement for certain kinds of expenses (cars and mobile phones)...
View ArticleClinton Vows to Fight Campus Sex Assault
Hillary Clinton took her presidential campaign back to Iowa Monday, where in a speech at the University of Northern Iowa she vowed to push colleges to strengthen efforts to fight sexual assault, The...
View ArticleStanford Dean Resigns Amid Suit Over Relationship
Garth Saloner is resigning as dean of the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University amid allegations over his relationship with a faculty member, The Wall Street Journal reported. Stanford is...
View ArticleProfessor Dead in Shooting at Delta State U
A professor at Delta State University in Mississippi was shot dead on campus Monday morning. The university identified the victim as Ethan Schmidt, a professor of history. The campus was on lockdown...
View ArticleWheelock VP, Who Used Words of Others, Resigns
Shirley Malone-Fenner has resigned as vice president for academic affairs at Wheelock College, following the news that material in her letter welcoming faculty members back for a new academic year...
View ArticleToronto Universities Remove Posters for White Union
Three Toronto-area universities have removed posters that were place on campus advertising a "White Students Union," the Canadian Press reported. The posters went up recently at Ryerson University, the...
View ArticleAre NIH Conflict of Interest Rules Working?
An analysis in Nature explores the impact of new rules, enacted in 2012, on conflict of interest by researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health. The findings are largely negative....
View ArticleProfessors Sue U Texas Over Jobs Lost in Rio Grande Campus Transition
Three moreĀ formerĀ tenured professors at the now-defunct University of Texas Pan American have filed lawsuits against the University of Texas System, saying they deserve jobs at the new University of...
View ArticleCompilation of Articles on Teaching Ethics
Inside Higher Ed is pleased to release today "Teaching Ethics: A Key Role for Educators," our latest print-on-demand compilation of articles. The booklet features articles about a range of institutions...
View ArticleYale Proceeds With Online Physician Assistant Program
Yale University's proposed online physician assistant program, which raised ire among students and alumni earlier this year, will move forward, administrators at the School of Medicine have decided....
View ArticleObama Criticizes 'Coddling' of Students
President Obama spoke at an Iowa high school this week and was asked about proposals to cut off federal funds to "politically biased" colleges. The president didn't think such a plan was workable or...
View ArticleTenure Draft and Survey Controversy at UW Madison
After months of uncertainly about the future of tenure at their institution, faculty members at the University of Wisconsin at Madison received a draft tenure policy proposal this week asserting that...
View ArticleStrike Called, Classes Called Off at Rock Valley
Rock Valley College, a community college in Illinois, called off classes today in anticipation of a strike by the faculty union. The college posted a statement that faculty members would be cut off...
View ArticleU of Texas Fires Athletic Director
Gregory L. Fenves, the new president of the University of Texas at Austin, on Tuesday fired Steve Patterson as athletic director, The Austin American-Statesman reported. Many fans and donors have been...
View ArticleGender Gap in Biomedical Research Start-Up Funds
Women starting careers in biomedical research receive less start-up support than do men, according to a new study in JAMA (second study discussed in this link). The study was based on data collected by...
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