Despite Criticism, Canada Gets Faith-Based Law School
Trinity Western University has won final approval from authorities in British Columbia to start a law school -- the first faith-based law school in Canada. Gay rights and civil liberties groups had...
View ArticleSouthern Illinois Coach Stands by Rant on Athletes
The Southern Illinois University at Carbondale chancellor and athletics director stated their support for the head men’s basketball coach Barry Hinson on Wednesday, after Hinson spent several minutes...
View ArticleCongress OKs Budget, Eliminates Set-Aside for Some Loan Servicers
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday gave final approval to a compromise budget bill that sets federal funding levels for the rest of this fiscal year and next year.Lawmakers passed the deal on a 64-36 vote...
View ArticleBoundless Settles With Publishers
Boundless, a startup that creates digital "textbook replacements," has settled with publishers Cengage, Macmillan and Pearson after the companies sued for violating their copyright, the company...
View ArticleBrandeis, Penn State Harrisburg Will Quit American Studies Group
Brandeis University and Penn State University at Harrisburg are ending their institutional memberships in the American Studies Association. Their moves follow the organization's vote to back the...
View ArticleU. of Colorado Continues to Shift on Deviance Course
Officials of the University of Colorado at Boulder continue to offer new reasons for why they told Patricia Adler, a tenured sociology professor, that she could no longer teach a popular course on...
View ArticleCall to End Ties to Confucius Institutes
The Canadian Association of University Teachers this week called for colleges and universities in Canada to sever ties to Confucius Institutes, which have been set up at many Canadian (and American)...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Acid Rain and Alkaline Rivers
In today’s Academic Minute, Sujay Kaushal of the University of Maryland reveals how acid rain has made rivers and streams less acidic. Learn more about the Academic Minute here.
View ArticleApology for T-Shirt Censorship
The London School of Economics and Political Science has apologized to two students who, at an event for new students, were told that they had to cover up their T-shirts depicting Mohammed and Jesus,...
View ArticleA Chancellor Reacts to American Studies Boycott
The chancellor of the University of California at San Diego has issued a statement on the American Studies Association’s resolution backing the boycott of Israeli higher education institutions. “We...
View ArticleN.J. Poised to Approve In-State Tuition to Undocumented Students
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a Republican, and Democratic legislative leaders have reached an agreement that should pave the way for the state's public colleges and universities to charge...
View ArticleMore Saylor Courses Lead to Credit
Six more online courses from the Saylor Foundation can now lead to college credit, the foundation announced Thursday, bringing the total number of free, potentially credit-bearing courses it offers to...
View ArticlePresident Resigns Amid Inquiry at Alcorn State U.
M. Christopher Brown II resigned Thursday, effective immediately, as president of Alcorn State University. The Associated Press reported that the resignation came amid an investigation into the...
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What Is It With Harvard Pre-Frosh and Craigslist?
In July, there was much chatter about a Craigslist ad from the mother of a student about to enroll at Harvard University. The ad sought a young woman to have sex with her son, a virgin whom she feared...
View ArticleJury Rejects U. of Texas Suit to Gain Warhol Portrait
A jury on Thursday rejected a suit to force the actor Ryan O'Neal to turn over an Andy Warhol portrait of Farrah Fawcett to the University of Texas at Austin, CNN reported. Fawcett left her her art,...
View ArticleCourt Backs U. of California in Records Dispute
A California appeals court has ruled that the University of California System does not need to obtain and release investment return records, Bloomberg reported. A lower court ruled that that the...
View ArticleAAU, Jewish Studies Group Condemn Academic Boycotts
Leaders of the Association of American Universities and the Association for Jewish Studies on Friday condemned academic boycotts -- a topic in the news due to the vote by the American Studies...
View ArticleMajor Growth Seen in Jobs for Health-Fields Instructors
New projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics predict that 30 professions will be the fastest growing from 2012 to 2022 -- and two of the professions are in higher education. They are health...
View ArticleIndiana U. to Withdraw from American Studies Group
A third university has announced it will withdraw from the American Studies Association in the aftermath of a vote by the organization to back a boycott of Israeli universities. A growing number of...
View ArticleWhittier Adjuncts Vote to Unionize
Adjunct faculty members at Whittier College have voted to unionize and to be represented by the Service Employees International Union. SEIU is currently trying to organize adjuncts in various regions,...
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