Santa Clara Upholds Decision to End Abortion Coverage
Santa Clara University has announced that it is standing by a decision announced last year to end employee health coverage for elective abortions, Bay Area News Group reported. University officials...
View ArticleStudy on Minority Men at Community Colleges
Men of color attending community colleges are less likely to obtain an associate degree than are white males, despite being the most engaged in and out of the classroom, a new report finds. In...
View ArticleBob Jones U. Revives Study of Responses to Sex Abuse
Bob Jones University has faced considerablecriticism for its announcement this month that it had ended a contract with an outside group to investigate how the university has responded when students...
View ArticleA Controversial, Lucrative Endowed Chair
The University of Cambridge's Regent House (the governing board, made up largely of academics) has approved a controversial endowed chair to honor Stephen Hawking, Times Higher Education reported. The...
View ArticleSuit Settled by College That Banned Distribution of Constitution
Modesto Junior College has settled a lawsuit with a student who was forbidden from handing out copies of the U.S. Constitution on Constitution Day in September. Army veteran Robert Van Tuinen had...
View ArticleCredit Card Marketing Geared at Students Is Down
Ever since a 2009 law restricted the ability of credit card companies to push their wares on college students, the companies have substantially reined in their marketing to students -- but are...
View ArticleJudge Backs CUNY on Transfer Program
A state judge has backed the City University of New York on a challenge by its faculty union to the controversial "Pathways" program to align the curriculum to ease transfer from CUNY's two-year to...
View ArticleCriticism of St. Joseph's Plan to Deal With Deficit
Some students and faculty members at St. Joseph's University, in Pennsylvania, are concerned about plans to deal with a deficit by increasing enrollment, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. The...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Benefits of Brain Training
In today’s Academic Minute, Elliot Berkman of the University of Oregon reveals the limits of brain training. Learn more about the Academic Minute here.
View ArticleUndocumented Students Eligible for Aid in Washington State
A new law has made Washington State the fifth state where students who lack the legal documentation to live permanently in the United States are eligible for state student aid, Reuters reported....
View ArticleExplaining the 'Innovation Deficit'
A coalition of higher education, business and other groups seek to make the case for more federal investment in research and higher education with a four-minute video explaining the "innovation...
View ArticleAgreement on Accreditation System for Graduate Medical Education
The associations that represent allopathic and osteopathic medical schools announced Wednesday that they had agreed to a common system for accrediting U.S. providers of graduate medical education. The...
View ArticleJury: Chicago State Owes Whistle-Blower $2.5M
Chicago State University owes its former general counsel $2.5 million, a jury in Illinois found last week. The verdict – $480,000 in back pay and a $2 million punitive damage award – would go to James...
View ArticleEmail Privacy Policy Proposed for Harvard
A faculty committee has recommended that Harvard University adopt policies designating specific officials to authorize an email search and -- in most cases -- to inform anyone whose email is searched,...
View Article31 Women Accuse Berkeley of Mishandling Sex Assault Charges
Thirty-one current and former students at the University of California at Berkeley filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Education Wednesday charging that the university has mishandled...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Economic Risk and the Oscars
In today’s Academic Minute, Gabriel Rossman of the University of California Los Angeles reveals the economic risks faced by filmmakers seeking to win Academy Awards. Learn more about the Academic...
View ArticleThe States and Their Higher Ed Policy Shortcomings
States' failures to use their money strategically; align their educational offerings to students' needs; and help students move from K-12 to higher education combine to limit their ability to close...
View ArticleHigher Ed Groups Ask IRS Not To Change Political Activity Rules
A coalition of higher education associations on Thursday urged the Obama administration not to apply to colleges and universities its proposed rules on political activity by certain tax-exempt...
View ArticleUConn Seeks to Fire 2 Professors
The University of Connecticut on Thursday informed two tenured music professors that it was seeking to fire them. The move came the day after the university released a report -- prepared by an outside...
View ArticleIowa President Reveals She Was Assaulted as Undergrad
The University of Iowa is among many colleges and universities currently facing criticism over the way they respond to allegations of sexual assault on campus. On Thursday, President Sally Mason spoke...
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