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Hampshire Accreditation Decision Pushed Back
A decision on whether Hampshire College will be placed on probation or lose accreditation will wait until November, because the...
$131 Million Gift to Harvard
Harvard University on Friday announced a $131 million gift from Hansjörg Wyss, an entrepreneur and philanthropist. The gift will support...
New Tool From Accreditor on Health of Colleges
The New England Commission on Higher Education, a regional accreditor, last week announced plans to create a tool to gauge...
'Plan U' for Mandatory Sharing of Pub Preprints
An essay in PLOS Biology argues that funding agencies should require grantees to post their papers on preprint servers such...
Report Highlights Racial Disparities in Student Debt
A new report from the left-leaning think tank Demos argues that looking at borrowers' income alone provides limited insight into...
George Mason President Will Lead Georgia Tech
The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia on Thursday announced the sole finalist to become president of...
Was SAT Biology Subject Test Compromised?
The National Center for Fair & Open Testing, a group that has long criticized standardized tests and pointed to security...
$180M Gates Grant to Emory for Work on Child Health
Emory University on Thursday announced a $180 million grant -- the university's largest ever -- to support its Child Health...