Post-Recession Borrowers Struggle to Repay Loans
Borrowers, especially those who attend less selective institutions or who drop out, increasingly struggle to pay back loans.
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BPP shuts dental course as regulator raises safety concerns
BPP University has shut a dentistry course after it failed to meet General Dental Council standards, leaving new students unable to start and existing undergraduates facing an uncertain future.
Publishers seek removal of millions of papers from ResearchGate
Leading publishers are stepping up their fight against ResearchGate by ordering the academic social network to take down papers that they say infringe copyright.
Southeast education student teaches math with robotics
Southeast Missouri State University senior Tyson Roth of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, is fine-tuning his math teaching skills with the help of robots.
Another small University closing
Enrollment dropped by 100 this year, making it hard for leaders to see a path forward despite relocation plan.
Beyond ‘Bad Apples’
Do explosive corruption charges involving the basketball programs at six universities make it harder to ignore the possibility that the problems are systemic? University presidents weigh in.
Southeast D.C. students get $10M boost for college from Gates Foundation
Hundreds of D.C. youths who attend school in some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods will receive a boost of academic and financial support for their college ambitions
New Cambridge v-c calls for global agenda in ‘age of anxiety’
The new vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge has called on the institution to take a “global lead” on research and collaboration, as he acknowledged the “unprecedented complexity” facing the UK’s higher education sector.
Nyet to Russian
Hopkins eliminates major. Faculty members say Russia’s growing role in the world makes this a terrible time to do so.
Short-term study abroad ‘better for building teamwork skills’
Students who go abroad as part of their degree for a short period of time develop better teamwork skills than those who go overseas for a year, while other areas of development are unaffected by the duration of international study ...
