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Florida A&M Trustees Put Off Decision on President
Florida A&M University’s Board of Trustees decided Friday to take no action on President Elmira Mangum’s future, choosing not to...
Tea Extracts Boost Antibiotic Performance
The World Health Organization warns we’re entering a post-antibiotic era. In today's Academic Minute, Seton Hall University's Tin-Chin Chu reveals...
Senator Urges Tough Stance on For-Profit Accreditor
The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools has a "long record of failure" as an accreditor that warrants tough...
South Carolina Law Makes Greek Misconduct Public
A new law in South Carolina will require public colleges and universities to publish reports on fraternity and sorority misconduct...
Academic Minute: Tea Extracts and Antibiotic Performance
Today on the Academic Minute, Tin-Chin Chu, associate professor of biological sciences at Seton Hall University, reveals that the secret...
'Universities in a Dangerous World'
The biennial Scholars at Risk gathering focuses on threats to scholars and academic values globally.
Gen Ed Redesigns
At the University at Buffalo and the U of Virginia, professors fear that too many requirements and not enough thought about them may detract from students' learning. Both move toward more thematic approaches to general education.
Opinion
Why Faculty Advising Matters
Students like Nayla Kidd at Columbia University might not disappear from college if they had the opportunity to have meaningful relationships with faculty advisers, argues Claire Potter.