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2U Acquires Online Education Company GetSmarter
On Tuesday 2U, an online program management company, said it will acquire GetSmarter, an online education company that focuses on...
Spending Bill Gives Flexibility to Borrowers Seeking Loan Consolidation
Language in the omnibus spending bill Congress agreed to over the weekend directs the Department of Education to allow student...
Academic Minute: Paying for Pain
Today on the Academic Minute, Rebecca Scott, a lecturer in marketing and strategy at Cardiff University, delves into a few...
Brandeis Grad Students Vote to Unionize
Graduate students at Brandeis University voted to form a union affiliated with Service Employees International Union, 88 to 34, they...
J-Schools Dump Accreditor
Northwestern’s journalism school drops its accreditor, shortly after Berkeley did the same, echoing broader questions about the value of the process and whether it impedes innovation.
Northwestern J-School Drops Accreditation
Northwestern University's journalism school has dropped its specialized accreditation, The Chicago Tribune reported. The school -- generally considered among the...
Professors Plan to Strike at Illinois-Springfield
The union representing tenure-track and tenured faculty members at the University of Illinois at Springfield announced late Monday that it...
Temptation
The view of immorality is different for children and adults. In today's Academic Minute, Yale University's Christina Starmans explores why...