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Cuban Universities Slash Enrollments
Cuba's universities have cut enrollment by nearly 26 percent, The Miami Herald reported. The cuts are largely motivated by the...
Higher Education Linked to Better Health
People with higher degree attainment and their families have healthier lives, according to new data from the Centers for Disease...
Academic Minute: Hurricane Katrina and Dolphin Populations
In today’s Academic Minute, Stan Kuczaj of the University of Southern Mississippi explains the relationship between Hurricane Katrina and the...
MIT Hires Provost (and Architect of Tech Initiatives) as New President
Just three months after Susan Hockfield announced her plans to retire as president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT's...
Study Finds Head Impacts Impair New Learning in Some College Athletes
College athletes in contact sports such as football and ice hockey were more likely than peers in non-contact sports to...
Movers and Shakers: College of the Holy Cross, Emory U., Lipman Hearne, Mercy College, Ohio Wesleyan U., Phi Kappa Phi, U. of Massachusetts-Amherst
Tracy W. Barlok, associate vice president for advancement at Skidmore College, in New York, has been selected as vice president...
Perry Declines to Take Stand on UT Austin President
With regents appointed by Texas Governor Rick Perry reportedly interested in ousting Bill Powers as president of the University of...
College Board's New Leader
David Coleman, one of the chief architects of and advocates for the common core curricular standards under consideration by states...