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Justice Dept. Announces Settlement on Mental Health
The U.S. Justice Department last week announced a settlement with the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center over a student's...
Pearson Names New North American President
Kevin Capitani, a former general manager and chief operating officer for the enterprise software company SAP, will lead Pearson's North...
On Anniversary of Massacre, Campus Carry Takes Effect
Fifty years ago today, Charles Whitman killed 17 people and injured 30 more (one of the victims lived for years...
Clinton, in Convention Speech, Includes Higher Ed Plan
Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee for president, included her college affordability plan in her speech Thursday night accepting the nomination...
Report on Diversity in Biomedical Research Workforce
Universities should evaluate their graduate programs in science and technology for ways to reduce “stereotype threat,” in which female and...
Clusters
People cluster together in cities, by chance or by choice. In today's Academic Minute, the University of Southern California's Martin...
Creating the Right Climate Survey
When the White House urged colleges to conduct these surveys in 2014, there were few choices. Now there are many, but no consensus on which works best.
From Laid-Off Professor to Provost
Why would a faculty member return to the institution that laid her off after 12 years of stellar service, amid broad retrenchment and program cuts? For the U of Southern Maine's new provost, it came down to institutional loyalty and a new president.