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Bribed to Sleep
Students in a Baylor University class weren't sleeping enough. Their professor offered them extra credit if they got eight hours of sleep or more -- and they performed better on final exams than their peers.
Inspector General Faults Education Department
In a semiannual report to Congress, the Education Department's inspector general took issue with the agency's proposal to eliminate the...
Wisconsin's Controversial Proposal on Program Elimination
The University of Wisconsin at Stout’s science education program faces elimination because it doesn’t produce enough graduates, even though Wisconsin...
'In Search of Curricular Coherence'
“How can faculty work together to create a more coherent and intentional curriculum whose goals, pathways and outcomes are clear...
Scaling Up the Swiss Model for Career Training
Betsy DeVos touts Swiss approach for apprenticeships, but such business-driven career education options remain limited in the U.S.
Academic Minute: Why Anthrax Outbreaks Occur
In today's Academic Minute, part of University at Albany Week, Wendy Turner, an assistant professor of biological sciences, looks at...
Central European U Forced Out of Hungary
Central European University says the Hungarian government has forced it to move its main campus from Budapest to Vienna.
New Campus Home for Silent Sam
UNC Chapel Hill plans to create a new building to house Confederate statue. Hundreds march to protest idea.