A Jesuit University Without History or Philosophy?
Wheeling Jesuit eliminates all majors in liberal arts, keeping pre-professional programs and athletics. Many tenured professors are losing jobs.
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Open University platform scales up citizen science
Members of the public will be able to run their own experiments, producing data that could be valuable for scholars
Cleaning up the waste of e-commerce returns
I write this week from (surprisingly sunny) Seattle at SPC Impact, the Sustainable Packaging Coalition’s annual conference.
Trump is removing US Secret Service director
United States Secret Service director Randolph "Tex" Alles is being removed from his position, multiple administration officials tell CNN.
NJ doles out $250,000 for law students to rep illegals in court
Two New Jersey law school clinics are getting a bit of a CASH INFUSION...for helping illegal immigrants.
Online Enabler Aims for Lifelong Learning
A prominent online program management company, 2U, announced this morning that it will purchase Trilogy Education Services, a large boot camp provider that partners with continuing education divisions at dozens of universities.
Ill. College to offer three all-online degree programs
Illinois College will soon be making some of its degree programs more accessible and flexible by offering them in a totally online format.
Sociologists must publish twice as much as before to get first job
Oversupply of young scholars means employers’ productivity demands are much higher than a generation ago, study finds
Ball State lets students swap traditional classes for #MeToo immersion
Ball State University is offering students a way not to have to take up to 15 hours worth of traditional course requirements.
UK universities lose grants and staff as Brexit uncertainty grows
Leading academics express doubt about UK government’s ability to underwrite large EU funding packages
