Call to Restore Academic Freedoms in Egypt
The Middle East Studies Association’s Committee on Academic Freedom is urging Egypt’s newly convened parliament to strike down two executive orders issued in 2014 that it says impinge on university...
View ArticleACE Strives for More Female Presidents
Can you imagine a world in which half of all college and university presidents are women?The American Council on Education can, and it is hoping higher education can reach this goal by 2030. Despite...
View ArticleHybrid Program Promises 60 Percent in Tuition Savings
Belmont Abbey College, a private Catholic institution in North Carolina, on Tuesday announced a new fellowship program that aims to save students 60 percent on tuition (compared to average tuition at...
View ArticleIT Security, Mobile Among Top IT Strategies
Information security has leaped to the top of Educause's annual list of IT issues facing higher education, released Wednesday morning. The emphasis on IT security comes after a year of data breaches at...
View ArticleSanders Criticized for Comments on Sex Assault Investigations
Sexual assault survivors’ groups are criticizing remarks by Senator Bernie Sanders this week in which the Democratic presidential hopeful called for rape accusations to be handled by law enforcement...
View ArticleTrinity Lutheran College Will Close
Trinity Lutheran College, a small Christian institution in Washington State, announced Tuesday that it will shut down in May. "After prayer, discernment and a careful and thorough study of all the...
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MIT Students Honor David Bowie
Building 7 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is the site of many pranks and hacks. On Tuesday, anonymous students decorated its lobby to honor the late David Bowie with numerous images and a...
View ArticleU of Wollongong Accepted Antivaccination Dissertation
The University of Wollongong, in Australia, is being criticized for accepting a Ph.D. dissertation -- in its humanities division -- that criticizes the country's vaccination policy as a conspiracy...
View ArticleUdacity Launches Job Guarantee Pledge
Online education provider Udacity is promising graduates of its new Nanodegree Plus program that it will find them jobs within six months -- or their money back. The guarantee will initially apply to...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Driver Distractions
Today on the Academic Minute, David Strayer, professor of psychology at the University of Utah, explores the rise of infotainment systems in our cars and their potential consequences on our driving....
View ArticleAre Conservative Law Professors More Productive?
A new study, forthcoming in the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, suggests that conservative and libertarian professors are more productive than are their colleagues. James Cleith Phillips, a...
View ArticleReport: Colleges Reduce Emissions
Colleges and universities reduced their emissions by 13 percent per square foot between 2007 and 2014, according to a report released Wednesday.Yet institutions made less progress in curbing energy...
View ArticleAdmissions Officers Check Applicants on Social Media
About 40 percent of admissions officers say they research applicants on social media, according to a survey released Wednesday by Kaplan Test Prep. That's quadruple the percentage from a 2008 Kaplan...
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Sluggish Recovery of State Funding for Public Colleges
State funding for public higher education has increased in the five years since the recession. However, those increases are not keeping pace with inflation. Just two states -- Utah and Massachusetts --...
View ArticleU of Missouri Punishes Itself for Basketball Violations
The University of Missouri at Columbia said it would bar its men's basketball team from postseason play this season and impose other penalties for violations uncovered by a joint investigation with the...
View ArticleBlack Students Less Likely to Seek Mental Health Help
African-American students feel less mentally prepared for college than white students do but are also less likely to discuss those concerns or seek help for mental health issues, a new study has...
View Article3 Columbia U Students Killed on Mission in Honduras
Three students were killed and others injured when a bus carrying members of a Columbia University volunteer group crashed on a humanitarian mission in Honduras Wednesday, according to news reports and...
View ArticleNCAA Acts on Athletes Turning Pro, Big 12 Title Game
The National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I council on Wednesday voted to give male basketball players more flexibility to test their professional sports options and return to college,...
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BREAKING: Ithaca President, Under Fire, Will Retire
Tom Rochon (right) announced Thursday that he will retire as president of Ithaca College on July 1, 2017. Student and faculty leaders have been pushing for Rochon's ouster, saying that the...
View ArticleSurvey Explores Students' Mobile Shopping Habits
College bookstores looking to lure students back from Amazon and other online retailers may want to consider meeting them where they are -- on their smartphones, according to a survey conducted by...
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