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Bill to End Tenure Awards Stalls in Utah
A bill that would have barred public colleges in Utah from awarding tenure to professors beginning in July died in...
South Carolina Moves Toward New Funding Formula
Governor Nikki Haley, a Republican, and South Carolina's public college presidents have agreed on the factors that should go into...
WikiLeaks Inspires Site on Australian Higher Ed
An Australian group has created UniLeaks, a WikiLeaks-styled website where people may leak documents about higher education. An explanation on...
Associations Urge U.S. to Withdraw Rule on Credit Hour
A broad coalition of higher education associations, expressing "grave" concerns, has urged Education Secretary Arne Duncan to withdraw a federal...
Tense Exchange of Letters on Madison Autonomy Plan
The president of the University of Wisconsin System, along with the president and vice president of the Board of Regents...
U.S. Colleges Report Students in New Zealand Are Safe
Several American colleges and study abroad programs reported Tuesday that their students in New Zealand were accounted for and safe...
Academic Minute: Black Death
In today’s Academic Minute, Saint Michael's College's George Dameron describes how the Black Death reshaped European society during the 14th...
2 Southern U. Students Killed in a Week
Students at Southern University in Baton Rouge are mourning the murders of two students in separate incidents in a week...