Hacked from the inside
Cheap devices, known as keyloggers, are being used by students to steal professors’ passwords on campus and to change grades.
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Faculty Balk at Westminster Layoff Notices
An international buyer intends to employ faculty and staff in the future, but Rider issued the layoff notices in case the deal falls through.
Tax Benefits at Risk for Colleges, Student Borrowers
Republican tax reform plan would tax large endowments and limit or kill key deductions, including one for student loan interest and another for graduate students.
Defining Colleges’ Liability for Fraud Claims
Trump administration will ask negotiators of borrower-defense rule to reconsider institutions’ liability for claims of misrepresentation -- a request that has some worried DeVos plans to let bad programs off the hook.
‘Inclusive Access’ Takes Off
Hundreds of colleges are signing on to publishers’ programs, with apparent savings to students. Some applaud the movement, while others are skeptical.
Boosting Completion by Softening Standards?
A nonpartisan watchdog group is questioning whether City Colleges of Chicago is misleading the public with proclamations of dramatic graduation rate increases.
Ghost From the Past
Professor’s essay about being harassed and raped by her late adviser sparks calls for public acknowledgment of the reasons for his past suspension from Stanford and the renaming of a disciplinary society mentorship award that bore his name.
Calling Off a Classic
Knox College pulls the plug on a planned production of Bertolt Brecht’s The Good Person of Szechwan over concerns about race.
Days of Reckoning
Recent closures make it more likely a trend of private college consolidation has started. Institutions feeling particular pressure are small colleges, those in the Midwest and Roman Catholic institutions located away from Catholic population centers.
Cheating without intent?
Ohio State isn’t the first college where students are accused of cheating via GroupMe. But could the messaging application trap innocent students because of others’ misdeeds?
