Purdue offering new degrees
Purdue University is set to offer new types of engineering degrees to its students.
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Major overhaul planned for Tennessee colleges
Gov. Bill Haslam on Tuesday announced plans to overhaul the state's public higher education system by creating independent governing boards for the six universities currently managed by the Tennessee Board of Regents.
Liberty University president urges students to be armed
At a time when most college campuses prohibit guns, Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. thinks the opposite should be the case -- urging his school's students to be armed ...
Rubio wants to expand for-profit schools’ role in higher ed
On the presidential campaign trail, Marco Rubio likes to poke fun at a higher education system that he says churns out droves of liberal arts majors saddled with student loan debt and dim job prospects.
University of Iowa kicking ‘ISIS’ to the curb
When computer programmers in the 1970s chose the name "Isis" for their new information system, they were following a trend at the time to name such programs after Egyptian gods.
As public funding of universities dwindles, faculty are unionizing
When newly installed University of Washington (UW) President Ana Mari Cauce and Interim Provost Jerry Baldasty got wind that the UW faculty was collecting signatures on union cards...
Lawmaker plans new, unusual private college for Sitka
State Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins of Sitka dropped out of Yale University soon before graduation to run for the Legislature.
Partnerships again center of higher education conversation
Union Graduate College and Clarkson University merge in early 2016, creating Clarkson University's Capital Region campus in Schenectady.
Smog alerts promote online education
Beijing's two recent red alerts for air pollution led to the suspension of classes at primary and middle schools in the capital, but online education platforms experienced a boom.
Another Houston university opts out of campus carry
The University of St. Thomas in Houston announced Dec. 21 that it would opt out of Texas’ new campus carry law ...
