When a Joke Isn’t Funny
Online group of scholars of planning and geography divided over one professor’s sexist humor – and how others reacted to it.
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Decades of falling student performance spur college officials to re-examine class duration at Trident Tech
Cory Bazzle is a former Marine. After five years in the armed forces and one deployment to Iraq, she’s used to long hours, sacrifice and hard work.
Oriel College to keep Rhodes statue
Oriel College, Oxford has decided to keep a controversial statue of the Victorian imperialist Cecil Rhodes in place after months of debate about whether it should be torn down.
Market and state do battle over higher education law
“Education cannot be regulated by the market,” declared Peru’s President Ollanta Humala following the approval of the ‘University Law’ which ushers in some of the most sweeping changes that Peruvian higher education has ever seen
China survey: many parents want children to identify job interests by middle school
Nine of 10 parents believe in the importance of nurturing a child's "career quotient" and 45 percent think middle school is the best time to start identifying job interests, a survey found.
Tenure vs. Enrollment
A small Michigan university is citing declining enrollment in tenure denials, and faculty members allege the approach violates their contract.
High rejection rates by journals ‘pointless’
The mass rejection of research papers by selective journals in a bid to achieve a high impact factor is an enormous waste of academics’ time, advocates of open access publishing have argued.
Amherst College drops ‘Lord Jeff’ as mascot
Lord Jeffery Amherst, the colonial-era military commander who gave this town its name, will no longer represent the prestigious liberal arts college here.
How students are sharing prescription drugs on Facebook
With the ever increasing pressures of life, more and more women are resorting to medication as a method of coping.
College activists create alarm over alleged ‘anti-Semitic attacks’
Alumni and students from a prominent college in Ohio are concerned that pro-Palestinian student activists have taken their political views too far ...
