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Professor, Said to Use Students as 'Slave Labor,' Quits
Ashim Mitra has resigned his position as a tenured professor of pharmacy at the University of Missouri at Kansas City...
Reducing Food Waste
How to reduce food waste? Recycle it. In today's Academic Minute, Colorado State University's Matthew Wallenstein determines how wasted food...
More Division at UNC
Board pushes Folt out in two weeks as chair says she took draconian action, but faculty cheer chancellor for ordering Silent Sam remnants removed overnight.
Takedown of Online Education
Fully online programs widen achievement gaps and often are unaffordable, says report seeking to discourage politicians from pulling back on federal policy protections.
Hampshire Struggles to Stay Afloat
Hampshire College, the nearly 50-year-old experiment in self-directed education, facing "bruising financial and demographic realities," looks for a partner.
Unfit for Native American Studies?
Longtime Stanford English professor says he's stepping down from a teaching a Native American literature course after students complained he was culturally insulting and possibly unqualified.
Comparing and Contrasting Competency-Based Programs
Three online or hybrid CBE programs reflect the diversity of approaches to offering instruction on a flexible timetable, and with a focus on acquiring skills.
Why MOOCs Didn't Work, in 3 Data Points
MIT researchers document low retention rates, enrollment declines and general affluence of students to explain why massive open online course providers have largely ditched their original model.