Faculty Strike at General Theological Seminary
Eight faculty members at the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church went on strike last week, citing concerns about the seminary’s dean and president of one year, the Very Rev. Kurt H....
View ArticleCornell University Picks USC Provost as Next President
Cornell University's next president will be Elizabeth Garrett, the current provost at the University of Southern California. Garrett, a law professor who clerked for Justice Thurgood Marshall, will...
View ArticleMumia Abu-Jamal as Commencement Speaker
Goddard College has announced that Mumia Abu-Jamal, who is in prison, convicted of killing of a Philadelphia police officer in 1981, will be the commencement speaker this week. (Goddard has numerous...
View ArticleAnother Confucius Institute to Close
Pennsylvania State University is the second institution within a week to confirm that it will not be continuing its agreement to host a Confucius Institute, a center for Chinese language and cultural...
View ArticleU. of California Will Review Out-of-State Admissions
The University of California System plans to review its recent push to admit more out-of-state applicants, the Associated Press reported. Janet Napolitano, president of the university system, told the...
View ArticleU. of Chicago Expands Aid for Low-Income Students
The University of Chicago today announced an expansion of efforts to help low-income students. Under the efforts, loans will be replaced with grants in need-based financial aid packages, no application...
View ArticleU.S. Audit Faults Education Dept. on Direct Assessment
Degree programs that award students credit by assessing their skills – rather than making them pass courses – have been touted by the Obama administration, members of Congress and many in higher...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: The 'Bottom Dollar' Effect
In today's Academic Minute, Robin Soster, professor of marketing at the University of Arkansas, discusses the "bottom dollar" effect, which holds that the the satisfaction of one’s purchase dependent...
View ArticleMoody's: Misleading Student Demand Creates Uncertainty
A new report from Moody's Investors Service describes how the phenomenon of high school students applying to significantly more colleges and universities is causing difficulties for institutions. The...
View ArticleIowa Declines to Reinstate Coach; She Alleges Bias
A lawyer for the women's field hockey coach fired by the University of Iowa for alleged verbal abuse of athletes in August has sought her reinstatement and asserts that female coaches are unfairly held...
View ArticleFederal Audit Urges Steps to Avoid Redundancy in Low-Income Programs
The U.S. Department of Education is not doing enough to make sure that the programs it runs for low-income students do not end up providing duplicative services, according to a report released this...
View ArticleOversight of Loan Guarantors Is Lacking, Audit Says
The U.S. Department of Education is not properly overseeing the entities it pays to administer and insure federally guaranteed student loans, according to an audit released this week by the agency's...
View ArticleU. of Nebraska to Offer Early Retirement to 30% of Tenured Faculty
The University of Nebraska at Lincoln is offering early retirement incentives to faculty members aged 62 and up to try to encourage more of them to move on and make way for a new generation of...
View Article200 Anthropologists Endorse Israel Boycott
More than 200 anthropologists have signed their names to a statement advocating for the boycott of Israeli academic institutions. “The recent military assault on the Gaza Strip by Israel is only the...
View Article2 New Plans for Free Community College Tuition
Two new plans were announced Wednesday for free community college tuition: Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that the city would provide scholarships for tuition, fees and books for all students who...
View ArticleCriticism of List of Allegedly Anti-Israel Professors
A group of Jewish studies professors has issued a statement questioning a list that a pro-Israel group has issued of faculty members it considers anti-Israel, The Forward reported. The AMCHA...
View ArticleAriel U. Denounces Treatment of Its Scholars
Ariel University, a controversial Israeli institution located on the West Bank, on Thursday denounced the European Association of Israel Studies for telling Ariel professors that they were welcome at...
View ArticleComptroller of Florida State U. Boosters Charged With Theft
Sanford Lovingood, comptroller of the boosters group for Florida State University, is in jail facing grand theft charges, The Tallahassee Democrat reported. Authorities said that he admitted to...
View ArticleChegg Acquires Internships.com
Chegg, the textbook rental and student support company, will add about 2 million users and 90,000 internship listings to its career center with the acquisition of Internships.com. Chegg has for almost...
View ArticleSUNY Adopts Sexual Assault Policies for All Campuses
The State University of New York will soon adopt a uniform set of sexual assault response and prevention policies for the system, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday. The policies, passed by the...
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