Fears for future of private university after recruitment ‘pause’
Situation at Richmond raises questions about English sector regulation
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A New Path for Evergreen
Evergreen State, long known for experimental education and leftist politics, still has no majors but is providing students with "paths of study" to follow if they choose.
A borrower will be 114 when bonds backed by her student loans mature
Julie Chinnock is 50 years old and owes about $250,000 in student loans. She was happy to get a new payment plan that lowered her monthly bill, but the holders of two bonds backed by her loans were probably less cheerful.
College admin suspended after suggesting Iranian leader pick American targets ‘he would bomb’
A Massachusetts college administrator was suspended with pay over a social media post.
‘They knew I was innocent’: Yale fights FOIA from student demanding release of police body cam footage
A Yale student who became embroiled in an international controversy that upended her entire life is demanding body cam footage from campus police officers, footage she says will exonerate her of claims that she was racist to call the police on a black student who had been sleeping in a dorm common room.
An EdX Bachelor’s Degree?
With the launch of MicroBachelors, MOOC platform edX lays the groundwork for a fully online undergraduate degree taught by multiple universities.
7 higher education films you might add to your watch list
Documentaries cover first-generation students, affordability, college behind bars, free speech and the practices of for-profit institutions.
Esports model ‘could be future direction’ for student engagement
Latest Innovating Pedagogy report suggests way gamers learn from each other online could be adopted by universities
University of Florida provides real career paths around games
UF's Digital Worlds Institute and other Florida schools are leveraging new technology and intense instruction to help students land in dream jobs, including esports.
Depth of opposition to Chinese admissions quotas revealed
Academics call for reform of system that favours students from wealthy cities
