Nation’s unrest over campus diversity reaches UNLV
For weeks, high-profile protests at college campuses across the country have forced schools to have uncomfortable conversations about race and diversity.
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A Class Implodes Over Race
Several administrators have lost their jobs in the last month amid campus protests over issues of race.
International schools ride booming demand in China
Victor Xian was five years old when his family emigrated to Australia from Guangzhou in 2007.
Fees lifted for private Chinese school kids
State Council makes all students equal as it promotes govt support for tuition, books
A Different Kind of Textbook Debt
Months after being acquired by Follett, campus store operator Neebo is still sending students to collection agencies over textbooks the students say they have already returned.
Minnesota schools get reprieve on new dual-credit mandates
College and university sponsors of dual-credit classes that allow Minnesota high school students to earn college credits now can have an extra five years to meet new requirements for the class instructors.
Taking Transfer National
Students are entering community colleges with the goal of earning a four-year degree, but most don't succeed.
NCAA’s Emmert cautions schools about academic ‘mismatches’
NCAA president Mark Emmert told a gathering of high-ranking university officials Sunday that they have an “ethical responsibility” to address what he termed academic or admissions mismatches that result in Division I athletes struggling in the classroom and having trouble completing meaningful degree programs.
Top research teams ‘have more overseas academics and use carrots not sticks’
The research teams who did best in last year’s research excellence framework (REF) tended to have more non-UK academics and people with experience overseas, and generally used carrots rather than sticks to motivate members, a new analysis has found.
Challenges of an Accreditor Crackdown
The Education Department says it's going to get tougher with college accreditors.
