Citing theft, spying and propaganda, GOP lawmakers probe China’s ‘infiltration’ of U.S. colleges
'We cannot allow a dangerous communist regime to buy access to our institutions of higher education’
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The ‘public’ in public college could be endangered
Since the Great Recession, states have taken drastically different approaches to funding colleges. The pandemic poses an even bigger challenge.
University of Georgia rejects students’ calls for lax grading: ‘Reach higher, not lower’
The University System of Georgia is denying students the option for pass/fail grading this semester because of the coronavirus.
Windfall for Small Colleges
U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is coming under fire for spreading millions in stimulus aid to institutions with barely any students, while other colleges struggle.
University of Michigan law students devise legal challenge to governor’s stay-at-home order
They unearthed a state and federal ‘fundamental right to intrastate travel’
Corruption watchdog probes Adelaide leadership
Investigation concerns ‘serious or systemic misconduct and maladministration, not corruption
Require administration layoffs before colleges get any more higher ed bailouts: scholars
Colleges and universities should be required to cut administrative bloat by 50 percent or more before they are entitled to receive any more bailout money from the feds, argues a right-leaning group of scholars.
What’s New in Commencements? Robots
Thunderbird School of Global Management used avatar robots so students could still "walk" across the stage.
Covid crisis could see ‘learning designers’ supplant academic roles
While overhauls of workforce and institutional architecture beckon, Australian report predicts esteem for expertise in post-pandemic world
Legislators push for university system to approve ‘pass or fail’ grading option
College students who normally get grades of “A” and “B” are worried they’re about to get “Cs” and “Ds” for this spring term, not because they deserve lower grades, but because they had problems with at home learning.
