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Education Department Will Tap Secret Shoppers
Advocates see the use of secret shoppers—or undercover agents—to go after colleges that may be lying as long overdue and a signal the Education Department is taking responsibility for its role as financial regulator.
Opinion
3 Questions on UT Austin’s New $10K Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence
A conversation with Adam Klivans and Art Markman.
Louisiana’s U of Holy Cross to Reduce Size of Faculty
The University of Holy Cross, in Louisiana, will reduce the size of its faculty from 74 to 60 by 2026...
Vision
There are always obstacles in our way. In today’s Academic Minute, part of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Week, Brett Fajen looks...
A Quashed Pay Cut Continues to Create Tensions
A draft of a faculty agreement for the Maricopa Community Colleges proposed reducing pay for one group of faculty members to bring their wages in line with others. The final version mostly nixed the pay cut, but critics are still concerned.
The Myth of Education as Equalizer
A professor argues that the main purpose of higher education is not simply to prepare students for the workforce but to help solve society’s ills.
New Programs: Public Administration, Government, Psychology, Computer Science
American International College is starting a bachelor’s of public administration. Regent University is starting a Ph.D. program in government. Spartanburg...
Students May Need Lessons on the Benefits of Active Learning
On the Teaching for Student Success podcast, a physics professor at Harvard discusses his study on how much students get from active learning environments, as well as surprising findings about how they prefer to be taught.