Trolls in the classroom
U of Illinois Faculty Senate is considering what to do about students who want to disrupt classes over political disagreements with professor.
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Businesses join the drive to push rural residents toward college
When the Chemours chemical plant in New Johnsonville, Tennessee, needed workers to maintain its high-tech machinery, it advertised for them as far as 90 miles away in Nashville in one direction and 150 miles away in Memphis on the other.
U. of Utah announces financing program to help students finish degrees
The University of Utah announces the launch of Invest in U, a pilot program designed to help students pay education-related costs.
Copenhagen rector laments impact of international student cuts
Henrik Wegener says Danish businesses and domestic students will suffer as a result of government reforms
GWU prof slams sororities offering ‘snowflake’ students coloring books, stress balls to ‘decompress’
GWU law professor John Banzhaf bashed sororities for 'wussify[ing]' students.
An Online Tax for Rural Students
High tuition fees for distance education courses are keeping some community colleges in Colorado afloat. But should rural students pay the price?
CVs and interviews axed as universities ‘de-bias’ recruitment
Recruiter and ex-Sussex chair Simon Fanshawe aims to tackle biases around gender, ethnicity and university background
Oberlin, U. of Chicago and other elites extend app deadlines
The deadline to apply for admission to Oberlin College was Jan. 15. Until it wasn’t.
Univ. charges for ‘intercultural competence’ assessment as students drown in debt
UC-Boulder is charging students for an "intercultural competence" assessment.
Higher ed leaders to meet in Boise to continue ‘Go On’ conversation
The all-day meeting with higher ed leaders is part of the Momentum Pathways Project. The initiative is backed with half a million dollars from a national group called Complete College America.
