'Sexualized' Culture Leads to Firing of Ohio State's Marching Band Director
The director of the Ohio State University marching band, who helped the band become YouTube sensations last year with complex, iPad-enhanced halftime shows, was fired Thursday following allegations...
View ArticleArmy War College Starts Plagiarism Inquiry
The U.S. Army War College, responding to reports that Senator John Walsh plagiarized large portions of his master's thesis, announced a formal investigation on Thursday, The New York Times reported....
View ArticleAcademic Minute: The Effect of Names
In today's Academic Minute, Sam Maglio, assistant professor of marketing at the University of Toronto Scarborough, explains his research on the influence of the way names sound. Learn more about the...
View ArticleStudy Group Partnership off to Slow Start in Maine
The University of Maine’s partnership with the for-profit pathway program provider and international student recruiting company Study Group resulted in fewer students than hoped for in its first year,...
View ArticleGovernor Removes Alabama State Trustee
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley on Friday removed Marvin Wiggins as a trustee of Alabama State University, AL.com reported. Bentley said that Wiggins had violated conflict of interest rules in numerous...
View ArticleFatal Assault on International Grad Student Near USC
A Chinese graduate student at the University of Southern California died Thursday after being attacked by at least three men a few blocks from campus, The Los Angeles Timesreported. Police said that...
View ArticleChinese Donors Answer Critics of $15M Gift to Harvard
The Chinese real estate tycoon couple Pan Shiyi and Zhang Xin recently announced a $15 million gift to Harvard University. The South China Morning Post reported that they have received criticism online...
View ArticleMore Education for Wives No Longer Adds to Risk of Divorce
A new study in American Sociological Review finds a reversal of a pattern of many decades in which women with more education than their husbands were more likely than others to end up divorced. Now...
View ArticleStudy: Adjuncts at Risk for Anxiety, Depression
A new study on the emotional lives of adjunct professors that appears to be the first of its kind says contingent faculty members are at risk for stress, depression and anxiety due to their working...
View ArticleAthlete Twice Accused of Sexual Assault Will Play Again
A college basketball player accused of sexual assault at two colleges has found a third team to play for, enrolling on scholarship at Northwest Florida State College.Brandon Austin was one of three...
View ArticleHawaii-Manoa Chancellor Reportedly Will Lose Job
Tom Apple, chancellor of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, is reportedly losing his job after only two years, The Star-Advertiser reported. The university is not confirming the reports and denied that...
View ArticleNew Data on Decline of State Support, 2001-11
New data from the Delta Cost Project, for the American Institutes of Research, show how much the states withdrew support from public higher education during the decade that ended in 2011. But the end...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: The Psychology of Optimism
In today's Academic Minute, Jason Moser, a Michigan State University psychologist, is digs into the science of optimism and pessimism. Learn more about the Academic Minute here.Ad keywords: faculty
View ArticleCCSF Applies for Accreditation 'Restoration' Option
City College of San Francisco this week applied to have its accreditation status restored, a solution that could buy the college two more years to work on fixing problems the Accrediting Commission for...
View ArticleNext Step in Affirmative Action Case: Full Appeals Court
Lawyers for Abigail Fisher on Tuesday filed an appeal in her suit challenging the way the University of Texas at Austin considers race in admissions. A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth...
View ArticleA Race and Gender Scorecard for College Sports
At a time when colleges (and their athletics programs) are under heightened scrutiny about their alleged mistreatment of female students, women remain significantly underrepresented in leadership...
View ArticleMed Schools Criticize Report on Financing Medical Education
A new report by the Institute of Medicine, issued Tuesday, called for an overhaul of federal financing of physician training and residency programs. The report questioned the idea that the United...
View ArticleAdmiral Named as Next Chancellor of U. of Texas System
The University of Texas System Board of Regents on Tuesday evening named Admiral William H. McRaven, commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command, as the sole finalist to become chancellor of the...
View ArticleTemple, Montclair State No Longer Require SAT or ACT
Temple University and Montclair State University announced Tuesday that they will no longer require undergraduate applicants to submit SAT or ACT scores. Both institutions cited evidence that they can...
View ArticleFor-Profits Increase Veteran Enrollment, GI Bill Revenue
For-profit institutions have increased their share of the overall enrollment of student veterans, as well as an increasing portion of revenue from Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits. Those are the findings of...
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