A Leader’s ‘Most Unprofessional Display’
Tensions between board and president boil over with trustee resignations at Saint Rose.
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Knewton Returns, With New Pitch
Much-hyped company, early player in adaptive learning, plans to take on the publishers. Some see promise; others have doubts.
Oberlin’s Enrollment Headache Lingers
Oberlin College has been showing signs of strain as leaders of the well-off liberal arts college in Ohio seek to close a multimillion-dollar budget deficit driven by lower-than-expected enrollment this year.
Divest responsibly
Barnard College has decided on a set of criteria it will use as it attempts to divest its endowment from companies that dispute climate science and climate change
When Students Are Fair Game
Professors typically refrain from talking about their now-notable former students publicly, but some feel moved to do so in the public interest, good or bad.
Is Higher Education Really Losing the Public?
New public opinion data suggest that despite significant concerns about prices, most Americans (and many Republicans) believe a postsecondary education is essential.
Where the grass Is greener
Study finds humanities and social science Ph.D.s working outside academe are happier than their tenure-track peers, even if "alt-ac" careers weren't their first choice.
OER Adoptions on the Rise
The number of faculty members choosing open educational resources over traditional textbooks has nearly doubled in the last year, but awareness over all remains low.
Enrollment Slide Continues, at Slower Rate
College enrollments in the U.S. decline for a sixth straight year -- although at a slower rate -- while the bachelor's degree got more popular.
A robot goes to College
Humanoid robot completes course in philosophy of love in what is purportedly a world first.
