2 Providence Students Hospitalized With Meningitis
Two students at Providence College have been hospitalized with meningitis, The Providence Journal reported. Antibiotics are being provided to those who came into contact with the students. Guilford...
View ArticleAl-Arian, Controversial Former Professor, Deported
Sami Al-Arian, who was fired as a tenured professor by the University of South Florida in 2003, was deported last week from the United States to Turkey. Al-Arian was fired after he was indicted on...
View ArticleFor-Profit Group Files Motion in Gainful Employment Suit
The Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities on Friday filed a motion calling for a judge to issue a ruling without a trial on the for-profit trade group's legal challenge to the U.S....
View Article'This Week': Stressed-Out Freshmen / Saudi Ties
On the latest "This Week,"Inside Higher Ed's free news podcast, Kevin Eagan of the University of California at Los Angeles Cooperative Institutional Research Program and Kevin Kruger of NASPA - Student...
View ArticleObama Explains Reversal on Plan to Tax 529 Accounts
President Obama said Friday that the popularity of 529 college savings accounts made him abandon a proposal to end the tax benefits of those accounts just days after first proposing it. "It wasn’t...
View ArticleUniversity Spending on Research Was Up Slightly in 2013
New data released by the National Science Foundation show that research and development spending by universities -- from all sources -- edged up slightly, to $67.2 billion in 2013. When adjusted for...
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Berkeley Chancellor: Cal Isn't for 'Normal' Students
University of California at Berkeley is “faced once again with the threat of political interference in academic affairs,” its chancellor, Nicholas Dirks, wrote Friday in the university’s student...
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Auburn to Pay $13.9M for Largest College Scoreboard
Auburn University will spend $13.9 million for what it says will be the largest scoreboard in higher education. The new display area on the scoreboard will measure 190 feet by 57 feet, compared to the...
View ArticleSo Much for Bachelor's Degrees Not Having Value
It's become fashionable among some pundits and politicians to question the economic value of the bachelor's degree. But the latest unemployment figures, which show good hiring trends across the board,...
View ArticleSojourner-Douglass Closes Satellite Campus
Sojourner-Douglass College, in Maryland, has closed a satellite campus as the college fights to deal with serious financial and accreditation problems, The Baltimore Sun reported. All but one of the...
View ArticleAnthropologists Issue Statement on Climate Change
The American Anthropological Association has issued a statement on climate change and the need for broad study of its impact. The statement -- consistent with the scientific consensus -- states that...
View ArticleAcademic Minute: Referee Bias in NCAA Football
In today's Academic Minute, Rhett Brymer, a professor at the Farmer School of Business at Miami University, analyzes officiating in the National Collegiate Athletic Association and looks for instances...
View ArticleHackers Know It's Tax Season Too
Just in time for tax season, hackers are escalating their efforts to impersonate the Internal Revenue Service in attempts to defraud taxpayers, the Research and Education Networking Information Sharing...
View ArticleDefining 'Evidence of Learning'
An investment banking and consulting firm focused on education, Tyton Partners, is issuing a report today that attempts to create a framework for measuring "evidence of learning." The research, which...
View ArticleCompetency-Based Education Network Adds Members
The Competency-Based Education Network (C-BEN) announced Monday that it has added 15 new college members. The Lumina-funded group now features 30 institutions and 4 public college systems, all of which...
View ArticleSaint Louis U. Won't Revoke Invite to Ferguson Prosecutor
Saint Louis University officials are refusing to go along with the demands of some students that the institution revoke an invitation to St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch, whose handling of the...
View ArticleBryn Mawr Will Admit Transgender Applicants
Bryn Mawr College, a women's institution, announced Monday that it would admit certain groups of transgender students. Bryn Mawr's old policy did not ban transgender applicants, saying only that Bryn...
View ArticleCalifornia Students Vote to Boycott Israel -- and U.S.
The boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel picked up additional momentum this weekend when the University of California Student Association approved a resolution calling on the...
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Arrests End Sit-In at U. of Minnesota President's Office
Thirteen protesters were arrested Monday evening following a day-long sit-in at the president's office of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.Students and a few non-students organized the protest...
View ArticleReport: Colleges That Divest Will Lose Money
A new report -- funded by the Independent Petroleum Association of America -- argues that colleges that sell holdings in fossil fuel companies are likely to pay a financial price for doing so. The...
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