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2U, edX to Combine to Create Online Learning Giant
Online learning provider company to buy assets of nonprofit MOOC pioneer to create a new entity reaching 50 million learners.
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Australian universities failing to protect Chinese students and academics who criticise the Communist Party
Chinese students in Australia have been threatened with jail for anti-Communist Party views and universities are not doing enough to protect them.
Profs declare correct grammar is racist, no such thing as standard English at symposium
Towson University hosted a virtual symposium to discuss anti-racist teaching practices.
U.S. businesses and universities defend STEM OPT in court
The legal threat to Optional Practical Training (OPT) in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields has returned.
Remote and rural
The Maine Community College System will train hundreds of rural students in remote work skills as the pandemic continues to shift the American job landscape.
Cut the hype surrounding highest scorers
The 10.78 million students who sat this year's national college entrance exam, or gaokao, earlier this month have now received their scores.
US backing for university-led regional technology hubs ‘notable’
Calls to use US federal research spending in universities to boost heartland regions gain political traction
Towson Renames Dorms Named for Slave Owners
Towson University announced that it will rename two dormitories whose names honor slaveholders, The Baltimore Sun reported. The university will now select new names for the facilities.
Department of Education has let colleges off the hook for $1 billion owed to taxpayers
The federal government has failed to collect more than $1 billion in fines and other money owed by colleges, most of which is owed by for-profit institutions, according to a report released by a non-profit advocacy group.
Professors no longer want to talk about their claims that legally armed students pose a danger
Kansas Democratic Governor Laura Kelly recently vetoed legislation that would allow 18-year-olds to conceal carry guns and said “more guns on campus is neither safe nor effective.”
