U. Toronto Student Detained in Tajikistan
Concerned scholars have initiated a petition in support of Alexander Sodiqov, a Ph.D. student at the University of Toronto who was arrested and detained while conducting fieldwork in Tajikistan last...
View ArticleFormer College Basketball Player Sues NCAA Over Concussions
A former college basketball player is suing the National Collegiate Athletic Association, alleging that it failed to protect college athletes from the long-term effects of concussive head...
View ArticleNaval War College Places Professor on Leave
The U.S. Naval War College has placed John Schindler on leave from his professor's position amid complaints over a Twitter conversation featuring Schindler's name on top of a photograph of a penis, the...
View ArticleChasing Dollars, More Colleges May Sell Beer at Games
USA Todayreports that more universities are reconsidering the bans many of them have had on the sale of beer at sporting events, especially football games. The article says that many programs,...
View ArticleOregon Athletes Accused of Sexual Assault Suspended for Up to 10 Years
Three former University of Oregon men's basketball players accused of sexually assaulting a female student will be suspended from the campus for as long as the alleged victim remains enrolled at the...
View ArticleU. of Dayton to Drop Investments in Coal, Fossil Fuels
The University of Dayton announced Monday that it will sell, in phases, holdings in coal and fossil fuels. While the movement for such policies has been growing, much of it has come from colleges with...
View ArticleEducation Department Again Delays ‘State Authorization’ Rule
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Education is again delaying the deadline for when colleges must comply with a requirement that they obtain authorization from regulators in each state in which they...
View ArticleChapman U. Settles Professor's Race-Bias Complaint
Chapman University has agreed to pay $75,000 and mandate training for its business school professors to settle a lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of a former...
View ArticleUSC to Award 4-Year Sports Scholarships in Football, Basketball
The University of Southern California announced Monday that all of its football and men's and women's basketball scholarships would last for four years, instead of being the common one-year renewable...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Microaggression
In today's Academic Minute, Keith Johnson, a sociologist at Oakton Community College, discusses his research on microaggression. Learn more about the Academic Minute here.
View ArticleNearly 70 Colleges Team Up to Assess Student Learning
Nearly 70 institutions are collaborating to better assess learning outcomes as part of a new initiative called the Multi-State Collaborative to Advance Learning Outcomes Assessment. The colleges and...
View ArticleNo Airbnb or Uber for U. of California Employees
University of California employees will from now on have to hail regular cabs and book standard hotel rooms when traveling on official business, as the system’s Office of Risk Services has decided to...
View ArticleNew Way Top MBA Programs Evaluate Applicants
For many years, some colleges have used "demonstrated interest" -- measures of how committed an applicant is to a college -- to make some admissions and financial aid decisions. Now some top M.B.A....
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Engineering Bacteria
In today's Academic Minute, Jonathan Kotula, a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard University Medical School, discusses the engineering of bacteria. Learn more about the Academic Minute here.
View ArticleSenate Passes Work Force Training Bill
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved legislation that will overhaul federal job training programs and funding for vocational education.Lawmakers passed the measure, which reauthorizes...
View ArticleTop Democrat Unveils Full Plan to Rewrite Higher Ed Act
Senator Tom Harkin, the Democrat who chairs the Senate education committee, on Wednesday released his plan to reauthorize the Higher Education Act.Harkin unveiled the full text of his proposal, an...
View ArticlePoint Park U. Adjuncts Vote to Form Union
Part-time professors at Point Park University in Pittsburgh have voted 172-79 to form a union affiliated with the United Steelworkers, the Associated Press reported. Point Park's Adjunct Faculty...
View ArticleEd-Tech Investments Fall in Second Quarter
After a torrid first quarter of 2014, investments in ed tech have cooled off, according to an analysis by EdSurge. Ed-tech companies are still on track to raise more than $300 million between April and...
View ArticleEducation Department Will ‘Pause’ on State Authorization Rule
The Obama administration is delaying its plan to develop a controversial rule that would require online programs to obtain approval from each and every state in which they enroll students, a top...
View ArticleHofstra Goes Test-Optional on Admissions
Hofstra University has announced that, starting with the class admitted to enroll in the fall of 2015, applicants will no longer be required to submit SAT or ACT scores. "[W]e have concluded that...
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