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U.S. Reviews Allegations of Anti-Jewish Bias
The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights has re-opened a complaint filed seven years ago charging that Rutgers University...
Sabermetrics in the Classroom
The statistics revolution may not just be for baseball. In today's Academic Minute, Holy Family University's Sister Marcella Wallowicz examines...
Early-Alert Systems Seen as Mixed Bag
Early-alert systems designed to catch struggling students are ubiquitous in higher ed, but not every institution is seeing desired results.
Blunt Instrument
Another controversial policy proposal in Wisconsin would eliminate all programs with fewer than five majors annually, on average, if "remediation" didn't work. Faculty leaders see attempt to turn system into a "widget factory."
New Programs: Business, Agribusiness, Medical Science, Design, Communications, Education, Nursing, East Asian Studies, Data Science
Dominican University, in Illinois, is launching an evening bachelor’s degree in business administration. Florida Gulf Coast University is starting an...
HBCU Students Abroad
As HBCUs seek to grow study abroad, they send students to a more diverse mix of destinations outside traditional student stomping grounds in Europe.
Probation for For-Profit College Chain
An accreditor places each college of the for-profit Center for Excellence in Higher Education on probation, finding misrepresentations to students and -- at one campus -- discriminatory attitudes toward students.
Backlash at Yale over New Endowed Chair for Harasser
Facing mounting criticism over news of a new endowed chair for Michael Simons, a professor of medicine found to have...