2 Events Unsettle Jewish Students at Brown
Anti-Semitic graffiti appears on house of Jewish fraternity, and lecture canceled after some object to co-sponsorship by Hillel.
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KU investigation clears professor who used N-word in class
After a four-month investigation into whether she racially harassed and discriminated against students, a Kansas University professor who used the N-word in class has been cleared.
New Mexico college recruiting undocumented students
When Grecia Rivas graduated from a Tucson high school a few years ago, she thought her days in a classroom were over.
Universities too ‘reactionary’ on private college ‘challenge’
The head of a for-profit college has criticised “vested interests” and a “reactionary response to challenge” among established universities.
Taking on Mandatory Arbitration
Education Department may restrict common practice of for-profit colleges that prevents their students from suing them.
Harvard Law School is ditching its controversial crest
Harvard University will replace the official shield of its prestigious law school which features the family crest of an 18th century slaveholder, after students objected to its racist associations
Universities spending millions helping academics buy homes
Spiralling house prices in Oxford, Cambridge and London mean that universities are spending tens of millions of pounds to help academics buy homes, Times Higher Education has discovered.
Pirating Papers
Study looks at the reasons why people pirate scholarly articles from peer-to-peer research sharing communities -- it's more convenience than ideology.
Chinese universities must forge own path on teaching enterprise
Chinese universities need to “break away from the utilitarian view of entrepreneurship” in order to create enterprising students who start their own businesses, an education professor in the country has claimed.
Delaware State cuts more than a quarter of its majors
Delaware State University has cut 23 low-enrollment academic programs – more than a quarter of its offerings – to invest in higher-growth areas that are expected to bring in more students and revenue.
