New Jersey university was fake, but visa fraud arrests are real
On the surface, the University of Northern New Jersey seemed legitimate.
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Battle breaks out in Mich. on nursing degrees
Some Michigan communities could be voting whether to let local two-year colleges offer bachelor’s degrees in nursing.
Princeton Keeps Wilson Name
University rejects student demands to drop name from public affairs school, but pledges to provide context on Wilson’s legacy of racism.
Grade inflation continues in US colleges
The first major update in seven years of a database on US grade inflation has found that grades continue to rise and that A is the most common grade earned at all kinds of colleges.
#StopIslam, Trump 2016 written on University of Michigan campus
In chalk, the messages "#Stop Islam" and "Trump 2016" appeared on the University of Michigan's Diag Wednesday.
The Shrinking Ph.D. Job Market
As number of new Ph.D.s rises, the percentage of people earning a doctorate without a job waiting for them is up.
New Plan for Teachers’ Colleges Could Rock Israeli Higher Education
What appears to be a bureaucratic change — moving responsibility for funding teachers’ colleges from the Education Ministry to the Council for Higher Education in Israel — could change the face of higher education in Israel.
Streamlining Citations
New MLA Handbook seeks to make citing sources from a variety of media easier and more commonsensical.
Exam by Wikipedia replaces ‘increasingly unappealing’ essays
Many academics spend their time telling students not to use Wikipedia in their coursework, but one university has taken a different approach.
State audit: UC lowered admission standards for out-of-state students
As high school seniors endure the grueling springtime ritual of college admission decisions, the state auditor on Tuesday released a report affirming the frustrations of many California families:
