New Grant Program for Digital Research
The National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation are partnering to encourage more scholars to pursue digital-first research projects, the organizations announced on Monday....
View ArticleU of Oregon Plans to Shift Faculty Positions
The University of Oregon is planning to shift a number of faculty lines, hiring more tenure-track professors and scaling back on the use of non-tenure-track faculty members, The Register-Guardreported....
View ArticleReport on Controversial Wisconsin Tenure Survey
When the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute began surveying professors within the University of Wisconsin System last year about their views on tenure, many said they worried the institute might later...
View ArticleMiddlebury College Bans Sale of Energy Drinks
Students looking for a quick energy boost at Middlebury College will soon have to either take the search off campus or stick to coffee. Starting this month, the college will stop selling energy drinks...
View ArticleStudy: Which Students Persist in MOOCs?
Learners who sign up for a massive open online course just days before it starts and complete a precourse survey are much more likely than their peers to finish the MOOC, according to a new paper...
View ArticleCollege Board Blocks Nonstudents at Saturday SAT
The College Board has tightened security for this Saturday's administration of the SAT, which will be the first to reflect recent changes made in the test. Zach Goldberg, a spokesman for the College...
View ArticleSuit Charges U of Louisville President With Misconduct
A former compliance officer at the University of Louisville has filed a suit charging that he was forced out of his job for objecting to misconduct, which the suit alleges includes actions by President...
View ArticleProtests Follow Closure of Florida For-Profit College
Former students of Mattia College held a protest Monday after the institution announced this weekend that it had shut down, The Miami Heraldreported. Students said there is no one to help them, as they...
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March Madness for Mammals
Faculty members in the sciences at Arizona State, Columbia and Dominican Universities and the University of Southern California have unveiled a special Mammal March Madness to occupy those who enjoy a...
View ArticleCengage Unveils New Approach to Developmental Math
Cengage Learning unveiled a new math developmental education approach today after receiving input from about 1,000 students in an effort to improve college readiness.MindTap Math Foundations is a new...
View ArticleSurvey: Half of Community College Students Report Mental Health Problems
Newly released results of a survey of community college students found that almost 50 percent of those surveyed had a current or recent mental health problem. The Wisconsin HOPE Lab, a research...
View ArticleU of Houston Releases Draft Campus Carry Policy
Concealed-handgun license holders may carry guns into classrooms and faculty and administrative offices at the University of Houston, according to a draft policy released Tuesday by an on-campus...
View ArticleValparaiso Law Offering Buyouts to Faculty
Valparaiso University Law School is offering buyouts to tenured faculty members and those with multiyear contracts due to a sharp decline in student applications and enrollment since 2010. “To put the...
View ArticleIvy League Considers Banning Tackling During Practice
The eight head football coaches in the Ivy League voted last week to no longer allow tackling during regular season practices. The institutions' presidents and athletic directors still have to approve...
View ArticleFaculty Cuts Criticized at Marywood
Marywood University, in Pennsylvania, is eliminating the jobs of 10 faculty members, eight of them tenure track, who were hired just last fall, The Times Leaderreported. While the university says that...
View ArticleUC Davis Chancellor's Short Stint on DeVry's Board
Linda Katehi, chancellor of the University of California at Davis, resigned Monday from the corporate board of the DeVry Education Group, which operates DeVry University. The company just last week...
View ArticleHow U.S. Findings on U of Virginia Were Watered Down
The U.S. Education Department and the University of Virginia in September jointly announced government findings that were critical of the way the university handled sex assaults, and plans to improve...
View ArticleDivision Among Trustees Over U of Louisville President
Several members of the University of Louisville Board of Trustees on Tuesday attempted to have a vote of no confidence against President James Ramsey, but other board members made procedural objections...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Beetles as Parents
Today on the Academic Minute, Paul Hopwood, associate research fellow at the University of Exeter, discusses his research on burying beetles and whether smaller or larger beetles tend to be better...
View ArticleNew Organization for Community Colleges
Ten two-year institutions are joining together to create a new organization. The Ivory League Conference of Community Colleges is a cooperative alliance that allows the colleges to team up and tackle...
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