Academic Minute: Space Optical Navigation
Today on the Academic Minute, John Christian, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at West Virginia University, explores his research into helping astronauts who could face a...
View ArticleAccreditors Seek to Challenge Consumer Bureau's Power
A group of national accreditors is seeking to weigh in on the dispute between the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools over whether that...
View ArticleBribes and Sex to Get Into a French University?
A former president of a French university went on trial Monday over charges that he admitted some Chinese students for bribes and/or sex, The Telegraph reported, based on accounts in Le Monde. The...
View Article2 Geneseo Students Murdered by Ex-Student
Two students at the State University of New York at Geneseo were stabbed to death Sunday by the ex-boyfriend of one of the students. The ex-boyfriend, distraught over the breakup, called his father...
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Tracking States on Transfer
Nationwide, just 14 percent of students who first enroll at a community college transfer and eventually earn a four-year degree within a six-year period, according to a new report from the Community...
View ArticleU of Cincinnati Settles for $5.3M With Family of Man Killed by Police Officer
The University of Cincinnati has agreed to a $5.3 million settlement with the family of Samuel DuBose, who was shot and killed by a university police officer in July. The officer who shot DuBose has...
View ArticleFirst Chair in Transgender Studies
The University of Victoria, in Canada, has announced the establishment of what it says is the world's first endowed chair in transgender studies. The chair is being created by the Tawani Foundation...
View ArticleFort Wayne Faculty Rejects Plan to Split Campus
Faculty members at Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne formally opposed a recommendation that the university split into two separate universities, Indy Star reported. The Faculty Senate...
View ArticleResearch Universities Call for Studies of Gun Violence
The Association of American Universities is urging Congress to overturn a ban on federal funding of health-related research about gun violence.The research university group said in a statement: "While...
View ArticleFive More States to Create Student Success Centers
Five additional states will create statewide student success centers in an effort to help more community college students earn a credential. The announcement this week means the total number of states...
View ArticleCharitable Giving to Education Expected to Grow
Over the next two years, charitable giving to education is expected to grow, according to an annual prediction of growth rates in American philanthropy from Indiana University's Lilly Family School of...
View ArticleFlorida Holding Off on Campus Carry Law, Again
Florida campuses will remain gun-free for at least another year, reported the Tampa Bay Times, now that a controversial bill permitting guns on campuses has stalled in the state's Senate."I don't think...
View Article4,000 to Lose Jobs as Pearson Restructures
Education giant Pearson plans to cut 4,000 positions -- 10 percent of its workforce -- as part of a global restructuring process, the company said on Thursday. Declining college enrollment in the U.S.,...
View ArticleCosby Off Board at Hampton University
Bill Cosby is no longer a member of the board of Hampton University, multiple news outlets reported Thursday. A statement from the private historically black university in Virginia reads in full: "For...
View ArticleThe SAT, the Blizzard and Security Concerns
Many students who planned to take the SAT Saturday are being forced to change plans. A blizzard hitting the East Coast has already led numerous test centers to shut down and call off testing planned...
View ArticleA Research University Alternative to NSSE?
A consortium of major research universities has redesigned its undergraduate experience survey, positioning it more sharply as an alternative to the National Survey of Student Engagement. The Student...
View ArticleEd Dept. Pledges Transparency on Title IX Exemptions
The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights has pledged to make it easier for prospective students to find out if colleges they may want to attend have applied for or received exemptions to...
View ArticlePhotos of Great Blizzard of 2016 on Campuses
OK, we know those at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, the University of Rochester and the University of Maine at Presque Isle are not that impressed with the volume of snow falling on the Middle...
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Blizzard Strands Two Teams on Buses
The Duquesne University basketball team was forced to spend Friday night and much of Saturday on a bus 80 miles outside Pittsburgh in heavy traffic that was also stranded by the snow, The Pittsburgh...
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Yale Removes Calhoun Portraits, Puzzles Over Name
Three portraits of Yale University’s Calhoun College namesake came down Monday as a larger debate over whether or not to rename the college itself continues."I think it broadens the symbolic space for...
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