Bar Exam Technology Disaster
New law graduates in many states experienced a technology snafu at the worst possible time Tuesday night: as they were attempting to upload bar examinations just before deadlines in their states. Many...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Family Businesses
In today's Academic Minute, Peter Jaskiewicz, an associate professor at Concordia University’s John Molson School of Business, suggests that companies controlled by a small group of family members...
View ArticleTired of All the Reports on Whether College Is Worth It?
Are you tired of all the reports about whether college is worth attending? The humor site The Onion apparently is tired of them, and so has responded with the satire for which the site is known. The...
View ArticleJapanese University Evicts Students for Drinking
Tohoku University in Japan recently evicted 105 students from a dormitory, citing drunken behavior, The Japan Times reported. The university has been trying to crack down on excessive drinking, but...
View Article'Do ABCs Get More Citations Than XYZs?'
Want to up your citation stats? Try changing your name – but make sure it starts with an “A,” “B,” or “C.” That’s what a new paper in Economic Inquiry suggests (an abstract is available here). The...
View ArticleNew Leader for Christian College Group
Shirley V. Hoogstra, vice president for student life at Calvin College, was on Wednesday named as the new president of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, whose members come from a...
View ArticleOhio State Band Alumna Defends Her Rookie Nickname
A former member of Ohio State’s marching band has written an open letter to the university’s president protesting the firing of band director Jonathan Waters amid findings of widespread hazing in the...
View ArticleSenators Introduce Data Privacy Changes to FERPA
Senators Ed Markey and Orrin Hatch on Wednesday introduced changes to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, or FERPA, which would require institutions to have policies in place for protecting...
View ArticleParents Are Paying More for College
Out-of-pocket contributions to cover the price of college rose in 2014 after three years of decreases, according to the seventh annual installment of a study the lender Sallie Mae released today....
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Martian Minerals and Microbes
In today's Academic Minute, Robert Burne, an adjunct senior research fellow at the Research School of Earth Sciences at the Australian National University, discusses stevensite, a mineral found on both...
View ArticleAudio: Crackdown on Band Hazing / 31 Million Who Didn't Finish Degrees
On the new This Week, Inside Higher Ed's news podcast, the University of Maine's Elizabeth Allen and Kevin Kruger of NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education joined Inside Higher Ed...
View ArticleInterim President Gives Up Part of Salary for Low-Paid Workers
The interim president of Kentucky State University, Raymond Burse, asked his board to cut more than $90,000 from his $350,000 salary so that raises could be given to those who earn the least at the...
View ArticleWhen 10% of Frosh at a Flagship Are From China
Many American colleges and universities are recruiting more undergraduates from China. An article and video in The Chicago Tribune explore the issues related to the University of Illinois at...
View ArticleEEOC Sues College for Age Bias Against Adjunct
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued Harold Washington College for age discrimination against a 66-year-old adjunct English instructor, The Chicago Tribune reported. The suit says...
View ArticleU. of Virginia Criticized Over Draft Guidelines for Trustees
Legislators and others are criticizing a draft policy under consideration by the University of Virginia's Board of Visitors that suggests that they should not publicly criticize decisions made by the...
View ArticleUNC Board Limits Use of Tuition for Financial Aid
The University of North Carolina Board of Governors has adopted a policy that will bar the UNC system's campuses from spending more than 15 percent of tuition revenue on financial aid, The News and...
View ArticleEbola Leads Korean University to Rescind Invitations to 3 Nigerians
South Korea's Duksung Women's University has withdrawn invitations to three Nigerian students to attend a conference attracting students from many countries, Reuters reported. The university said that...
View ArticleProbe Ordered of Air Force Academy Athletics
The Air Force Academy has ordered a probe of its athletics department after a report in The Colorado Springs Gazette about numerous violations of academy rules and the law by athletes and the way some...
View ArticleCollege Abacus, Net Price Comparison Site, Goes Nonprofit
The Educational Credit Management Association, a student loan guarantor, announced Monday that it has acquired College Abacus, a website that allows prospective students to compare colleges by net...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Cellular Protein Production
In today's Academic Minute, Sean Morrison, director of the Children’s Research Institute at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, explains how a new technique for understanding the way...
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