Accelerated graduate study in Japan raises quality concerns
Fast-track integrated programmes intended to address skills needs and boost postgraduate enrolments should not compromise research and curriculum design Read more
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The value of a College degree
He recommends apprenticeship. So do I. He recommends learning a skill. So do I. He recommends community colleges because the teaching is better. So do I.
England’s higher education system ‘in tatters’
England’s higher education system is “in tatters”, according to a leading think-tank, with some qualifications “on the verge of total collapse”....
St. Olaf College to Remove Accused Professor’s Name From Building
St. Olaf College is removing the name of a once-beloved professor from a campus building because of what it calls “credible evidence” of sexual misconduct over several decades
Political Division Soars on Campus, Survey Finds
The U.S. presidential election last year left its mark on college freshmen, who are more politically polarized than they’ve been in at least half a century ...
After Outcry Over Rejected Grants, DeVos Forbids Formatting Rules
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and her department faced public criticism following news reports that the department had flat-out rejected dozens of colleges’ Upward Bound grant applications based on minor line-spacing and font-size errors.
Students Don’t Always Recognize Good Teaching, Study Finds
Effective teaching has a lasting impact on students but is rarely recognized in their course evaluations, according to an analysis, released on Tuesday, of nearly 340,000 mathematics students at the University of Phoenix.
Somerville College Deems Serving Octopus Is Not Inclusive
Somerville College’s Principal, Baroness Janet Royall, has asked catering staff to stop serving octopus at formal dinners in response to a complaint from an undergraduate.
UK girls’ schools want more female composers, scientists in curriculum
A group of top girls' schools in Britain has launched a campaign to make sure important women in history, science and the arts are included in the curriculum to challenge a "default to men" attitude in schools.
White House invites Texas student arrested over homemade clock
A Texas teenager who was taken away in handcuffs this week for bringing to his Dallas-area school a homemade clock that staff mistook for a bomb
