Filter & Sort
Determining a Student's Place
More community colleges are moving away from relying on placement exams alone to figure out whether incoming students need remediation, but establishing a substitute system can be tricky.
Academic Minute: Mentors That Matter
Today on the Academic Minute, Rebecca Lakin Gullan, associate professor of psychology at Gwynedd Mercy University, discusses the ways a...
Report on Federal Aid and Affordability
A new report from the Center for American Progress looks at how federal health care and housing benefits address affordability...
DeVry Buys Anti-Money Laundering Group for $330M
Becker Professional Education, a subsidiary of DeVry Education Group, this week announced it is buying the Association of Certified Anti-Money...
Instructor Allowed to Return After Forced Leave
A sociology instructor who helped lead a faculty union vote of no confidence against the president of Inver Hills Community...
Outsourcing Experiment Meets Its End
University of Akron abandons its partnership with untested start-up company to provide "success coaches" after one year.
Newly Tenured ... at Arkansas State, Bates, Michigan Tech, Mount Saint Mary's (California), Northwestern (Iowa), Wagner
The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges and universities: Arkansas State University Nicole Arnell, art Annette...
Opinion
Language, Racism and a Protest
Dick Gregory writes that students who are protesting against a dean who recommended his autobiography should think about which battles matter the most.