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Colleges Increasingly Prioritize Mental Health, Survey Shows
As student mental health continues to worsen, college and university leaders seems to be increasing their focus—and spending—on mental health...
A $75M Gift for Minnesota’s University of St. Thomas
A $75 million donation to the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota will help fund the construction of a new...
Some Colleges Appeal Borrower-Defense Settlement
Three colleges are asking a federal judge to delay a settlement in a class action lawsuit against the U.S. Department...
University of Illinois at Chicago Faculty Members Strike
After a marathon Martin Luther King Jr. Day negotiation with the university fails, professors walk out for an indefinitely long strike. They and the university remain divided on pay and other issues.
New Programs: Online Engagement, Public Health Informatics, Neuroscience, Business
Kansas State University is starting an online certificate in digital engagement. University of California, Irvine, is starting two new certificates...
Opinion
An Uneven Job Market for Assistant Professors
The assistant professor job market is actually growing, but not for everyone, Peter Lange and Anthony J. Olejniczak write.
Opinion
Let’s Not Bring Back the F
Instead, we should do a better job of assigning authentic tasks that genuinely reflect the kind of work students will have to do after graduation, writes Benjamin Rifkin.
Harvard Medical School Withdraws From ‘U.S. News’ Rankings
Dean writes that his decision is based “on the principled belief that rankings cannot meaningfully reflect the high aspirations for educational excellence.”