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Accreditation Outside the Academy
As boot camps, online courses and other nontraditional academic offerings expand, several organizations angle to play an accreditor-like role in the growing space.
Academic Minute: Lack of Sleep and Decision Making
Today on the Academic Minute, June Pilcher, professor in the department of psychology at Clemson University, explores how getting an...
Would-Be Iowa Professor Loses Age Bias Suit
For the second time, a jury found that the University of Iowa didn’t discriminate against an applicant for a faculty...
Santa Cruz 'Admits' Thousands Who Didn't Apply
Thousands of high school students in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., received email from the University of California at Santa...
Furloughs at Morehead State
Kentucky’s House budget, revealed Tuesday, restored state funding the governor recommended cutting from higher education, the Lexington Herald Leader reported...
No Longer an Ocean Away
The oceans are changing with the climate and human intervention. In today's Academic Minute, Clarkson University's Andrew A. David discusses...
New Ground for Pearson
Community colleges are getting creative with how they handle low enrollment and money problems. A two-year college in Ohio has gone farther than most by hiring education juggernaut Pearson to handle marketing, recruitment and retention of students.
Taking on Mandatory Arbitration
Education Department may restrict common practice of for-profit colleges that prevents their students from suing them.