Quick Takes: Fast Lizard Evolution
In today's Academic Minute, Yoel Stuart, a biologist at the University of Texas at Austin, discusses his research on a species of lizard that is very quick to adapt. Learn more about the Academic...
View ArticleKing's College London Drops Rebranding Campaign
King's College London has dropped a rebranding campaign that would have, in part, encouraged people to call the institution King's London, Times Higher Educationreported. Many students and alumni...
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Does the U.S. President Need a College Degree?
The New York Times explores the question of whether a college degree should be seen as essential to be the president of the United States. The piece was inspired by the debate set off by a reference in...
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Higher Ed and Guests at State of the Union
President Obama, like many presidents over the last 25 or so years, invites selected guests -- whose stories reflect administration priorities -- to sit with the First Lady during the State of the...
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Protests to #ReclaimMLK
On many campuses, Martin Luther King Day was marked by lectures or service projects. But some campuses and some students saw protests of recent incidents (and many in the past) in which unarmed black...
View ArticleA Room of One's Own (With Booze)
The national debate over sexual assault on campus has prompted some sororities to reconsider their long-time bans on drinking in their houses, The New York Times reported. The rules save sorority...
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A Dorm Room With 13,000 Plastic Balls
Maybe every dormitory room doesn't need 13,000 plastic balls. But David Nichol, a senior at Rice University, decided that his room needed just that, and he created a ball pit in which he and friends...
View Article75 Percent of Campuses Employ Armed Officers
Violent crime on college campuses is decreasing, but the number of sworn and armed police officers on campuses continues to rise, according to a new report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The...
View ArticleActivists Launch Fund to Help Adjuncts Pay Bills
Adjuncts facing temporary financial hardship may soon seek out help from PrecariCorps, a new nonprofit organization founded by fellow adjuncts and adjunct activists. The national group is applying for...
View ArticleCall for Academics at Saudi University to Speak Out
Eighteen Nobel laureates have written to Saudi academics, urging them to publicly oppose the jailing and caning of a blogger who has called for political reform in the country, Times Higher Education...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Radioactive Environments
In today's Academic Minute, Tim Mousseau, a biologist at the University of South Carolina, discusses his research on both Chernobyl and Fukushima to see how far the radioactive damage may go. Learn...
View ArticleU. of Oregon Releases 22,000 Pages of Private Records
The University of Oregon is investigating why it released 22,000 pages of information with confidential information about students and faculty members, The Oregonian reported. Two employees have been...
View ArticleColumbia College Adjuncts Drop Illinois Education Association
Members of Columbia College’s part-time faculty association, “P-Fac,” voted 232 to 50 to disaffiliate from the Illinois Education Association, they announced Wednesday. Just about half of eligible...
View ArticleNYU Student Charged in Bizarre Crime
Authorities have arrested a New York University student and charged him with setting the mattress on which a fellow student slept on fire, The New York Post reported. He then filmed her reaction (she...
View ArticleA Call for Restoring Year-Round Pell
The 2011 decision to end a short-lived program that let students earn two Pell Grants in a single academic year was blamed on a range of factors, including that the program's costs raged out of control...
View ArticleShould Berkeley Worry It Rejects 'Normal Students'?
In discussing a new committee to examine the finances of the University of California, Governor Jerry Brown has raised a new issue for consideration, whether "normal students" can get into the...
View ArticleControversial President Resigns at Brewton-Parker
Ergun Caner announced this week that he was stepping down as president of Brewton-Parker College, after only a year in office. During that year, Caner led a process of appealing a threat by the...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Microbiotic Biology
In today's Academic Minute, Dennis Wolan, an assistant professor of molecular and experimental medicine at the Scripps Research Institute, discusses his work on microbiotic enzymes to better understand...
View ArticleAT&T Launches Ed-Tech Accelerator
AT&T is searching for ed-tech startups to apply to its new accelerator program, which aims to give the companies national exposure, access to mentors -- and a $50,000 investment. The Aspire...
View ArticleLawsuit Alleges Notre Dame Violated Public Records Law
ESPN has filed a lawsuit against the University of Notre Dame, alleging that the university is violating public records law by refusing to release documents from its campus police force. The lawsuit...
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