Should Professors Teach More to Avoid Program Cuts?
At one campus doing so, many adjuncts will lose positions, but departments aren't being eliminated.
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‘Hologram’ lecturers to teach students at Imperial College London
University classes are set to be given a futuristic spin by letting lecturers appear as hologram-like apparitions beamed in from afar.
Another Law School Will Close
Valparaiso Law School announced its plans to close less than a month after the Tennessee Higher Education Commission rejected its plan to transfer to a public university in that state.
Cornell cuts ties with Chinese school after crackdown on students
Faculty members at Cornell University said on Monday that they were cutting ties with a leading Chinese university after reports that it was harassing and intimidating students campaigning for workers’ rights.
UMich hosts anti-Israel activists two days after synagogue massacre
he University of Michigan hosted an event featuring speakers supporting divestment from Israel two days after a massacre which claimed the lives of 11 individuals at a Jewish synagogue.
Lecture capture: vital learning aid or a licence to skip class?
Academics say that online recordings must be emphasised as a supplementary resource, not an alternative to lectures, or some students lose out
‘Equivalence’ claims ridiculed in branch campus row
Academics at an Australian university’s overseas branch campus have scoffed at claims that its courses are as good as those back home, saying that workload inequities make it impossible for them to deliver degrees of the same quality.
Princeton student gov issues checklist for ‘inclusive’ Halloween
Princeton's Undergraduate Student Government sent students a checklist to make sure their Halloween costumes foster an "inclusive experience for all students."
These Americans fled the country to escape their giant student debt
Chad Haag considered living in a cave to escape his student debt. He had a friend doing it. But after some plotting, he settled on what he considered a less risky plan. This year, he relocated to a jungle in India. "I've put America behind me," Haag, 29, said.
An unending Copyright dispute
Appeals court ruling continues decade-long legal battle between Georgia State University and three publishers over what constitutes "fair use" of course materials. Does anyone still care about the outcome?
