Last Nonacademic President? Not a Chance
Despite the debacle at Mount St. Mary's, some presidential search committees are likely to continue to seek out candidates without traditional academic careers, experts say.
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A Counselor Who Looks Like You
A common demand of minority student protests is more minority counselors in a range of student service departments. Is this wise or does it promote segregation?
The death of “online” learning in higher ed
As technologies become ubiquitous, familiar labels will vanish
UK higher education must recalibrate to register on Asia’s scales
It used to be that to hold out a business card bearing the name of a UK university gained you automatic respect in Asia.
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.
New or Improved?
There are no easy answers for California's two-year college system as it faces an unprecedented decision to move to a new accreditor, while also debating how to change the current one.
Sexism rife in textbooks, says Unesco
Sexist attitudes are "rife" in school textbooks used in developing countries, according to Unesco.
Texas university gets $76M each year to operate in Qatar
The total annual bill for six prominent U.S. universities to run branches in the wealthy Arabian emirate of Qatar comes to more than $400 million.
When Trump Comes to Campus
U of Illinois at Chicago says it can't deny the campaign space for a rally, but many on campus want to know what is being done to protect the rights of students and faculty members who want to attend to protest the candidate.
