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Tougher Scrutiny for Colleges With Low Graduation Rates
Responding to sharp criticism, regional accrediting agencies will focus extra attention on institutions with below-average performance.
Zero Correlation Between Evaluations and Learning
New study adds to evidence that student reviews of professors have limited validity.
Opinion
He Said, She Said
In each of two new novels, Loner and Diary of an Oxygen Thief, it is the narrator's attitude that sticks with the reader more than the events recounted, writes Scott McLemee.
Booted for Hate
Belmont kicks out freshman who used slur and suggested that black National Football League athletes who raised their fists during national anthem "need a damn bullet in their head."
Too Young to Commit?
Urging colleges to change a recruiting culture that targets middle schoolers, Ivy League announces proposals for curbing early recruitment of athletes.
Students Protest Planned Fee Increases in South Africa
South African police fired stun grenades and arrested 31 students in Johannesburg as protests have erupted at universities across the...
USC 'Hires' Full-Time Wellness Dog to Help Students Destress
Getting a job in academe can be dog-eat-dog. But for Professor Beauregard Tirebiter, it was just dog-be-dog. The black goldendoodle...
'The Uberfication of the University'
Author discusses new book on the relationship between the "sharing economy" and the erosion of faculty rights.