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New Presidents or Provosts: Erie CC, Queen's U, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Rush U, St. Catherine U, Temple College, Terra State CC, U of Calgary, U of Central Missouri, U of Houston-Downtown
Roger Best, interim president of the University of Central Missouri, has been appointed president there on a permanent basis. Robert...
Democrats Want Investigation of Accreditor's Restoration
Leading Democrats in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday called for the U.S. Department of Education's Office of the Inspector General...
Academic Minute: Improving LED Technology
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Roanoke College Week, Steven Hughes, assistant professor of chemistry there, asks whether the...
Gonzaga Responds to Report on Abusive Priests
Some Jesuit priests found to have committed sexual abuse were sent by their order to a retirement facility at Gonzaga...
Roland Fryer Resigns From Econ Association Post
The American Economic Association on Tuesday announced that Roland Fryer resigned from its executive committee. Fryer, the Henry Lee Professor...
Vatterott Educational Centers to Close
A Missouri-based for-profit college chain announced it was shutting down as it faced growing financial problems. Vatterott Educational Centers is...
U of Evansville Fires Professor for Harassment
The University of Evansville fired a professor of theater accused of harassing a student, the Courier and Press reported. The...
Universe of Doctoral Universities Expands
Carnegie classification's new category of “doctoral/professional universities" acknowledges growing role of non-research-oriented doctoral work in graduate education.