Florida State U. Restarts Search for President
Florida State University is restarting its search for president, with Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates now replacing R. William Funk as the university's search consultant, the Tampa Bay Times...
View ArticleBlinn Faculty Senate Votes No Confidence in President
The Faculty Senate at Blinn College has voted no confidence in Harold Nolte, the district president, The Eagle reported. Professors at the Texas community college said that there is no respect by the...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Measuring Musicality
In today’s Academic Minute, Daniel Müllensiefen, senior lecturer in psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London, uses some interesting metrics to quantify an individual's musicality. Learn more...
View ArticleSwarthmore President Quits to Lead U. of Denver
In a somewhat unusual presidential shift, Rebecca Chopp will leave the presidency of Swarthmore College to become chancellor of the University of Denver. Chopp has been at Swarthmore for five years and...
View ArticleCharles Wright Named Poet Laureate
James H. Billington, the librarian of Congress, on Thursday announced that Charles Wright will be the next U.S. poet laureate. Wright is the author of 24 collections of poems, and he has taught for...
View ArticleElsevier and Knewton Announce Partnership
Elsevier on Thursday became the latest company to tap Knewton to provide adaptive learning technology. In a press release, the publishing giant said it will first use the technology in courses for...
View ArticleU.Va. Ends Academic Sponsorship of Semester at Sea
The University of Virginia is ending its academic sponsorship of Semester at Sea, effective May 2016. A statement on the Semester at Sea website said that the organization and U.Va. have "mutually...
View ArticleWilliam Peace U. Offers Buyouts to Tenured Faculty
William Peace University is offering some (maybe a large share) of its tenured faculty members buyout offers of $30,000 contingent on their giving up their jobs and agreeing not to criticize the...
View ArticleWinthrop President and Her Husband Return His Pay
Jamie Comstock Williamson, president of Winthrop University, and her husband are repaying $27,000 that the husband, Larry Williamson, was paid for part-time work on strategic initiatives, Herald...
View ArticleTop Senate Republican Seeks To Block College Ratings
Senator Lamar Alexander said Thursday that he plans to attach an amendment to the labor, health, and education appropriations bill that would stop the Obama administration from moving ahead with its...
View ArticleCal State Sees Gains in Students With Health Coverage
A campaign to encourage students in the California State University System to get health insurance has made significant gains, The Los Angeles Times reported. According to a poll of the 15 largest Cal...
View ArticleStanford Refuses to Expel Student in Sex Assault Case
Stanford University has declined to expel a student found by the institution to have committed a sexual assault, The Bay Area News Group reported. While the university will allow the student to...
View ArticleDistance Education Groups Criticize State Authorization Proposal
A trio of distance education advocates is pressing the U.S. Department of Education to scale back its proposal that would require online programs to be overseen by regulators in each and every state in...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: The Health Care of Prisoners
In today's Academic Minute, Marsha Regenstein, a professor of health policy at George Washington University, observes how the Affordable Care Act will benefit inmates in the short and long term. Learn...
View ArticleOld Dominion Will Let Some Applicants Skip SAT, ACT
Old Dominion University will for a two-year pilot let those who have earned a 3.3 grade-point average in high school apply without submitting SAT or ACT scores, which have until now been required of...
View ArticleObama to Enhance Gay Rights In Federally Supported Workplaces
President Obama will sign an executive order prohibiting federal contracts from discriminating against workers based on sexual orientation or gender identity, the White House said on Monday. The move...
View ArticleKeeping Online Learning Safe and Accessible
A panel the Aspen Institute convened on Internet learning released its recommendations Tuesday. The group, which included Jeb Bush, the former Republican governor of Florida, considered ways to ensure...
View ArticleCollege Attainment Linked to Babies Within Marriage
A study by Johns Hopkins University researchers has found that young women with a college education, when they have a baby, are likely to do so within a marriage, but that this is no longer the case...
View ArticleGroup Criticizes Quality of Most Teacher Ed Programs
The National Council on Teacher Quality -- a group whose evaluations of teacher education programs have been praised by some political leaders but whose methodology has been questioned by teacher...
View ArticleUdacity Introduces 'Nanodegree' Credentials
The online education provider Udacity says it will soon offer career-focused "nanodegrees," stackable credentials designed to be completed in no more than a year. Udacity will initially launch four...
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