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Miami U. in the (Expensive) Hot Seat
Ohio's Controlling Board, which oversees various spending projects authorized by the state, on Monday rejected plans by Miami University to...
Supply, Demand and Foreign Students
New analysis finds that "natural economic forces" (as opposed to U.S. failure) go far in explaining the declining share of science and engineering Ph.D.s earned by the American-born.
Defeating Post-Tenure Review
Maryland faculty kill plan that could have led to pay cuts for a small number of professors, after three years of negative evaluations. Students liked the idea.
MIT Will Provide Open Access to Articles
Faculty members at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have voted to make all of their scholarly articles available to the...
So Many Students, So Little Time
Higher Ed Holdings' recent efforts to partner with one university were thwarted amid faculty outcry. At other universities, however, the company's model is going forward -- raising concerns about whether mass education online is coming at the expense of individual interaction, and evaluations based on essays as opposed to multiple choice.
After She Helped Student Journalists, She Was Denied Tenure
Christine Kopinski, the only journalism professor at Clark College, is credited with advising student journalists there on how to improve...
Questions About $50M Grant for Texas A
Texas lawmakers are questioning the authority under which Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican, moved funds from one state fund to...