Wisconsin Gov. Wants to Cut For-Profit Regulatory Board
The budget proposal from Wisconsin's Republican governor, Scott Walker, would eliminate the regulatory board that oversees the state's 244 for-profit institutions, the Wisconsin State Journalreports....
View ArticleInequity on Rise in Higher Education
Rising costs and lower government aid have made it more difficult for lower-income students to earn a college degree, according to a new report from the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in...
View ArticleU. of Illinois Board Urged to Delegate Authority on Faculty Hires
A faculty panel has urged the board of the University of Illinois System to stop reviewing faculty appointments and to delegate that authority to senior campus administrators, The News-Gazette...
View ArticleCould U. of D.C. Become Free Community College, Named for Marion Barry?
A member of the City Council for Washington on Tuesday proposed that the University of the District of Columbia offer a free community college and be renamed to honor Marion Barry, The Washington Post...
View ArticleFor-Profit Programs Under Scrutiny Close in Minnesota
Two for-profit institutions in Minnesota, Globe University and the Minnesota College of Business, have shut down a criminal justice program facing scrutiny and lawsuit by the state, The Star Tribune...
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Student Art Project Shuts Atlanta Highway
A highway in Atlanta was shut down for two hours Monday, as officials first investigated and then blew up a device that had been attached to a bridge. Authorities feared it could be a bomb. But as The...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Celebrity Influence
In today's Academic Minute, Jessica Gall Myrick, a communications professor at Indiana University, explores the nature of celebrity influence over the population especially in terms of medical...
View ArticleCampaign Seeks to Recruit Teachers as Study Abroad Advocates
A new campaign seeks to get 1,000 K-12 teachers to take a pledge to encourage their students to study abroad. The effort is part of the Institute of International Education’s broader Generation Study...
View ArticleNLRB Remands Decisions on 3 Catholic Colleges
The National Labor Relations Board issued three decisions Wednesday regarding religious colleges where faculty members have attempted to form unions and where administrators have objected, saying that...
View ArticleQuestions on Obama Claim on Politicians Starting Colleges
PolitiFact, the fact-checking service of The Tampa Bay Times, is questioning President Obama's claim that politicians have started colleges. In a recent interview on YouTube, Obama answered a question...
View ArticleBoston U. Adjuncts Vote for Union
Adjuncts at Boston University voted by a two to one margin to form a union affiliated with Service Employees International Union, they announced Wednesday. Some 750 adjuncts make up the union, which is...
View ArticleInstructor Criticized for Teaching Vaccines Are Harmful
Students at Queen's University, in Canada, are demanding that the institution do something about an instructor who is teaching scientifically repudiated views that vaccines harm children, The Globe and...
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U.S. Spends $1.1 Trillion on College and Job Training
Colleges spent $407 billion in 2013 on formal education programs, while employers spent $177 billion, according to a new report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. The...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Shakespearean Satire
In today's Academic Minute, Stephanie Pietros, a English professor at Mount Saint Mary College, in New York, presents a close read of Shakespeare’s Othello -- as contemporary theater attendees might...
View ArticlePush to Expand Minnesota Law on Study Abroad Safety
Minnesota’s Office of Higher Education is recommending that a new law requiring the state’s institutions to report illnesses and deaths on study abroad programs be expanded to include disclosure of...
View ArticleGet Creative With Our Cartoon Caption Contest
February fun -- time for our Cartoon Caption Contest.You can suggest a caption for the latest cartoon from Matthew Henry Hall, which you can find here.Cast your vote here for your favorite for last...
View ArticleNew 'Net Neutrality' Proposal Praised by Library Group
The American Library Association on Thursday praised the Federal Communications Commission's new net neutrality proposal, a stark reversal from seven months ago, when the association and 10 other...
View ArticleDocuments Suggest Wisconsin Mission Overhaul Planned
Governor Scott Walker's effort to dramatically change the University of Wisconsin System’s mission was seemingly premeditated and hardly an accident, local newspaper reports suggested Thursday.Walker...
View ArticleTwo Dead in Murder-Suicide at U. of South Carolina
Two people died Thursday in an apparent murder-suicide inside the University of South Carolina's Public Health Research Center. The university canceled all classes inside the new school of public...
View ArticleProtest Delays Start of Le Pen Speech at Oxford
Several hundred protesters delayed by more than an hour the start of a speech Thursday of Marine Le Pen at the University of Oxford, The Guardian reported. Le Pen is leader of the National Front in...
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