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No Higher Ed Details in DeVos Disclosure Report
A disclosure report submitted to the Senate education committee by Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the U.S...
UBC Apologizes for Rescinding Speaker's Invitation
Santa Ono, president of the University of British Columbia, this week released a statement apologizing to John Furlong (right) for...
Gulf of Fire
We hear about the next big earthquake, but what about the one that already happened? In today's Academic Minute, Seton...
What Happens if Free Tuition Comes to Campus?
Presidents of public institutions in New York say they welcome Governor Cuomo's plan and could find ways to enroll many more. But they still have questions.
When Colleges Rely on Adjuncts, Where Does the Money Go?
Study suggests the funds institutions gain aren’t going to instruction.
The Shrinking Mega-Journal
The world's largest scholarly journal, PLOS ONE, is seeing fewer and fewer researchers publish their work in it as the open-access publishing market evolves.
Closing Out a College
Whether colleges file for bankruptcy or wind down in other ways, closing is a complex, costly affair -- and the process doesn’t assure any support for professors or employees who may have worked without pay.
Opinion
Are You Scared of Your Students?
A professor wonders whether the classroom has become an unsafe space for the faculty.