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Assessment Disconnect
Annual gatherings of student learning experts and accrediting officials reveal lots of assessment activity on campuses. But policy makers ponder whether it adds up to meaningful national progress.
Online Enrollment Up 17%
One in every four students now takes at least one course online. But study finds increases aren't necessarily matched by faculty respect.
California Budget Idea -- Praised by Higher Ed -- Criticized
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger pleased higher education leaders this month by proposing that the state's Constitution be amended to ensure...
Awaiting the Tablet
Will Apple's new electronic device galvanize the market for e-textbooks and transform higher education?
Guns on Campus (for Professors Only)
Pro-gun organizations have angered many educators in the last year with bills that would end bans on carrying concealed weapons...
AAUP Launches New Journal on Academic Freedom
The American Association of University Professors has launched a new Journal of Academic Freedom, which will be published annually or...
College Backs Down in Fight on Ceramic Crosses
Eastfield Collge, in Texas, will let students in its ceramics classes make crosses after all. The college has banned crosses...
Caltech Faces Another Suicide
A leading figure in physics, Andrew Lange of the California Institute of Technology, killed himself last week, leaving many of...
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