Turnover Follows Poor Results for Harvard Investments
The CEO and two other senior officials of the Harvard Management Co., Harvard University's investment arm, are leaving their jobs or plan to do so soon, following years of disappointing investment...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Healthy Concession Stand Swap
In today's Academic Minute, Helena Laroche, assistant professor of internal medicine at the University of Iowa, explains how she made some changes to the menu during selected sporting events and...
View ArticleAAAS Unveils Updated Data on Humanities Funding
The American Academy of Arts & Sciences made its case for the humanities in high-profile report last year called “The Heart of the Matter.” In the year since, the academy says its Commission on the...
View ArticleWeb Tool Highlights Institutions' Special Attributes
Did you ever wonder how your alma mater's dorm capacity ranks among institutions where business is the most popular major among students -- or where it ranks in annual rainfall among religiously...
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Tornado Damages U. of Wisconsin at Platteville
Several buildings sustained damage when a tornado struck the University of Wisconsin at Platteville Monday evening. There were no fatalities or serious injuries, but damage assessment is continuing....
View ArticleArt College May Merge Into Southern New Hampshire U.
Southern New Hampshire University, known for its online and competency-based programs, but which also has traditional campus-based offerings, is in merger talks with the New Hampshire Institute of Art,...
View ArticleIn Appropriations Bills, Fulbright Program Spared
The Senate Appropriations Committee has proposed flat funding for the Fulbright Program despite the Obama administration’s recommended $30.5 million reduction, the Alliance for International...
View ArticleComplaints About Timing of Political Science Meeting
Several hundred political scientists have signed a petition urging the American Political Science Association to change the traditional time for its annual meeting: Labor Day weekend. The petition...
View ArticleProfessor Sues University for Sex Misconduct Probe
Peter Ludlow, a Northwestern University philosophy professor who has been accused by an undergraduate of sexually harassing her, has filed a federal lawsuit against the university, charging it with...
View ArticleHamline Adjuncts Vote to Unionize
Adjuncts at Hamline University have voted by a larger margin -- 72 percent in favor -- to unionize. They voted to be represented by the Service Employees International Union, which is seeking to...
View ArticleSenate Democrats Introduce Reverse-Transfer Bill
U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, a North Carolina Democrat, last week introduced a bill that would seek to encourage four-year institutions to identify transfer students who have earned enough credits for an...
View ArticleUniversity Library Will Offer Drones to Students
Students at the University of South Florida library will be able to borrow drones for academic purposes, CNN reported. The library will make the drones available. They can record video or shoot...
View ArticleAudio: The Starbucks-Arizona State Deal / Community College Admissions
In the latest "This Week" audio newscast, Arizona State University President Michael Crow and Seton Hall University's Robert Kelchen discuss the new Arizona State-Starbucks deal to promote bachelor's...
View ArticleBritish Academic Denied Entry to India
Officials of Birkbeck, University of London have confirmed a report in The Hindu that one of their scholars was unexpectedly denied entry to India to attend an international academic conference. Indian...
View ArticlePenn Rejects Divestment of Tobacco Company Stock
The University of Pennsylvania board on Friday rejected a proposal that it sell endowment holdings in tobacco companies, as faculty and student groups have urged. A statement from David L. Cohen,...
View ArticleDeal Lets UCLA Professor Avoid Jail in Lab Fire Case
Patrick Harran, a professor of chemistry at the University of California at Los Angles, reached a deal Friday with California prosecutors under which he will avoid jail time in the laboratory accident...
View Article5 Scholars Win $3M Mathematics 'Breakthrough Prizes'
Scholars at four American institutions were among the five recipients announced Monday of the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics, the newest competition in the increasingly lucrative field of...
View ArticleReport Explores Net Price Increases at Mass. Private Colleges
The net price paid by students rose by an average of 10.5 percent from 2008 to 2013 at 33 independent colleges examined by The Boston Globe, faster than inflation, the newspaper reported. The Globe's...
View ArticleCorinthian Colleges and Education Department Agree on Phase-Out Plan
Corinthian Colleges announced on Monday that it had reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education that is designed to keep the for-profit chain afloat long enough to sell off and shutter...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Cash Crops vs. Cover Crops
In today's Academic Minute, Meagan Schipanski, assistant professor of agroecology at Colorado State University, discusses research on the benefits of alternating the planting of cash with cover crops....
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