Security Fears Shut Tripoli U.
Security concerns are preventing the start of the academic year at Tripoli University, The Libya Herald reported. The campus is open only for students with specific administrative needs, such as...
View ArticleAnger Over Racist Leaflets at Canadian University
York University, in Canada, has been removing leaflets from campus that have angered many students, CBC News reported. The material appears to come from an anti-immigrant group and features photographs...
View ArticleDesire2Learn Announces $85 Million Financing Round
Desire2Learn, the Waterloo, Ontario-based company behind the learning management system BrightSpace, on Thursday announced an $85 million financing haul. The company has already raised $80 million from...
View ArticlePlagiarism Allegations on Textbook's Definition of Plagiarism
The five co-authors of a Miami Dade College communications department textbook are feuding over allegations of plagiarism -- including plagiarism of the textbook's definition of plagiarism, The Miami...
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Howard Students' Response to Michael Brown Death
Howard University students have responded with a photograph to the shooting death of Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager who was shot and killed by police in Missouri. The students at Howard...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Asian-American Immigration
In today's Academic Minute, Stephanie Hinnershitz, a professor of history at Valdosta State University, shows how Asian-American immigrants have faced very real struggles. Learn more about the Academic...
View ArticleU. of Cambridge's New Ph.D. in Chocolate
The University of Cambridge is seeking a Ph.D. student to focus on chocolate, the BBC reported. The degree will be offered through the chemical engineering and biotechnology program and will focus on...
View ArticleAudio: Free Speech and Faculty Appointments / Age Bias
In the latest "This Week,"Inside Higher Ed's free news podcast, AcademeBlog's John K. Wilson and the Teagle Foundation's Judith Shapiro, with Editor Scott Jaschik and moderator Casey Green, assessed...
View ArticleWhat Students Were Looking For
A new survey of new students at two-year and four-year colleges -- of students who participate in Cappex.com, a service that helps colleges identify prospective students -- found notable demographic...
View ArticleSUNY Union Seeks to Help al-Qaeda Captive
United University Professions, the faculty union of the State University of New York, has joined a campaign to free a former member who is has been held by al-Qaeda terrorists since 2011. Warren...
View ArticleNotre Dame Probes 4 Players for Academic Dishonesty
The University of Notre Dame is investigating four football players -- and has barred them from practice -- for possible academic misconduct, the Associated Press reported. The university said that no...
View ArticleProposal for Free Community College Tuition in Texas
Leticia Van de Putte, a Texas State Senator and the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, last week announced a proposal for the state to pay the tuition costs for Texas high school graduates to...
View Article21 Black Women Accept Bids From Alabama Sororities
A year after the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa faced national criticism when the student newspaper reported on the longstanding exclusion of black women from the sorority system, the university...
View ArticleControversial Saint Joseph's President Plans to Retire
The Rev. C. Kevin Gillespie, president of Saint Joseph's University for the last two years, has announced plans to step down in June. Father Gillespie and his administration have been the subject of...
View ArticleJim Jeffords, Influential Senator on Education Issues, Dies
The former U.S. Senator Jim Jeffords, the moderate Republican best known for his 2001 switch to become an independent (which swung control of the Senate to Democrats), died Monday. Jeffords focused on...
View ArticleU. of Arizona Bans Fraternity After Inquiry Into Death
The University of Arizona on Monday informed a fraternity that it has lost recognition, months after a member of the Greek organization died after a fall from a roof of a residence hall, The Arizona...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Cosmic Beginnings
In today's Academic Minute, Chandra Wickramasighe, a renowned astro-biologist at the University of Buckingham, offers his thoughts on a cosmological starting point for life on our planet. Learn more...
View ArticleU. of Macau Professor Says Activism Cost Him His Job
A professor at the University of Macau said he believed his contract was not renewed due to his political activism, The New York Timesreported. Bill Chou Kwok-ping, an associate professor of political...
View ArticleAlabama Sorority Sister Kicked Out for Social Media Post
The University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa has been celebrating a sorority rush that included black women (something that hasn't historically been the case). But the celebration was interrupted Tuesday by...
View ArticleCourt Rules Against Teaching Hospitals on Medicare Reimbursement
Academic medical centers may not seek federal reimbursement under Medicare for research done in the 1980s and 1990s by medical residents that was not directly linked to patient care, the U.S. Court of...
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