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Who Benefits From Practicing Religion?
Religious practice can lead to lower depression for some, but what about the nonreligious? In today's Academic Minute, Touro College's...
Student Evaluations of Professors That Might Help
Despite recent criticism of student reviews of faculty members, there is a system that’s working, AAUP conference is told.
Not Looking for Patterns
To distress of advocates, Education Department tells civil rights investigators to focus on individual complaints -- and not automatically go beyond them -- in looking for history of discrimination at institutions.
Florida Colleges Take Hit on Remediation
But avoid legislation that would cap bachelor’s degree programs and create new oversight board.
Alternative System for Registered Apprenticeships
A new executive order from the White House seeks to expand apprenticeships and open the door to a larger role for industry groups and alternative education providers.
Penalties in Prostitution Scandal
Head basketball coach at Louisville, where program paid escorts to strip and perform sex acts for recruits, will be suspended for five games. The university says the punishment -- seen by some experts as a slap on the wrist -- is too harsh and intends to appeal.
Job Losses Linger
Adolescents who see widespread layoffs around them as they grow up are less likely to enroll in college -- even if no one in their family loses a job.
Manhattan College Adjuncts Form Union
Six years after adjuncts at Manhattan College voted to form a union, a regional office of the National Labor Relations...