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As California Goes?
The biggest and perhaps least likely state to try performance funding will tie billions of dollars for community colleges to measures of student success, a plan faculty groups say will punish students and colleges.
Bullying and Free Speech
Justice Department backs suit against University of Michigan rules -- on same day the university says it has "clarified" those rules.
Connecting Cashiers to College Degrees
Walmart and other large employers are turning to for-profit Guild Education to manage tuition-reimbursement programs. Walmart's offer promises a debt-free college education to its employees, but academic program choices are limited.
UMass Dartmouth Wants to Boot Chairs From Union
The University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth’s American Federation of Teachers-affiliated faculty union is fighting an administrative attempt to remove department...
Law Schools Release Survey of Firms' Arbitration Policies
A group of top law schools on Monday released the results of a survey of workplace harassment policies at law...
Education Department Investigates USC
The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights has started a "systemic investigation into the University of Southern California’s (USC)...
California Higher Ed Leaders Oppose PROSPER Act
The leaders of the three California public higher education systems on Monday issued a statement opposing the PROSPER Act, House...
Academic Minute: Understanding America's Gun Divide
Today on the Academic Minute, James Shepperd, professor of psychology at the University of Florida, looks at one of the...