Are At-Risk Students Bunnies to Be Drowned?
Is a valid strategy to improve a college's retention rate to encourage students at risk of dropping out to do so in the first few weeks
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Drowned Bunnies: Part 2
It may be the worst possible metaphor for a college president to use in talking about struggling students.
Divided Over Diversity
Baylor University has had its fair share of administrative turnover in recent memory: two of its last three presidents were forced out after clashing with the faculty and the Board of Trustees ...
Tenure vs. Enrollment
A small Michigan university is citing declining enrollment in tenure denials, and faculty members allege the approach violates their contract.
Decades of falling student performance spur college officials to re-examine class duration at Trident Tech
Cory Bazzle is a former Marine. After five years in the armed forces and one deployment to Iraq, she’s used to long hours, sacrifice and hard work.
Chicago State University sends layoff notices to all 900 employees
Chicago State University sent notices of potential layoffs to all of its 900 employees Friday, yet another sign of the escalating budget crisis for the Far South Side public institution that stems from the state's budget impasse.
Judge sides with Apple over feds in New York
A federal magistrate-judge in New York City has ruled that the U.S. government can't force Apple to hack an iPhone to investigate a drug dealer.
MIT dean to create university with no majors or lectures
Christine Ortiz is setting out to break the mold with a radical approach to higher education.
The death of “online” learning in higher ed
As technologies become ubiquitous, familiar labels will vanish
Grand Canyon University’s nonprofit restructuring proposal denied
The Higher Learning Commission denied Grand Canyon Education Inc.'s (Nasdaq: LOPE) request to seek nonprofit status for its Grand Canyon University in Phoenix.
