What universities can do to help pregnant PhD students
Ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March, Selina Sutton explains what universities are doing wrong (and right) when supporting PhD candidates during pregnancy and beyond
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A University Goes It (Mostly) Alone Online
Southern Methodist University works with two online program management companies. For all future online programs, it plans to bring the operations in-house, citing mission and money.
Argosy University took students’ financial aid cash by altering documents, court filing says
Argosy University and its parent company altered submissions to the U.S. Department of Education to get access to student financial aid funds, which were then spent on other expenses, a court document filed on Monday claims.
Private Flights Rankle Lawmakers
University of Kansas is latest university where professors and politicians object to a private jet.
Poli sci dept nixes ‘White Privilege is a Myth’ student event ad, cites ‘fake facts’
Rider University's Turning Point USA chapter tried to advertise an event through the political science department.
Student-supervisor relationships ‘inherently risky’
Australian universities yet to sign up to guidelines, representative body says
Lecture Halls for Learning, Not Watching Netflix
A Purdue University pilot program that blocked access to Netflix and other streaming sites in lecture halls is being rolled out across all academic spaces on campus.
Denver’s Metro State serves more Hispanic students than any other college in Colo.
Metropolitan State University of Denver has finally become a Hispanic-Serving Institution after a decade-long push that nearly doubled the school’s Latino student population — all part of an effort to better serve the area and reap the financial rewards of that federal designation.
Music education ‘risks being outdated by technology’
Music teaching could be left behind in an outdated acoustic age if it does not keep up with technology, an in-depth report says.
‘Hawaiian Day’ party flooded by cultural controversy wave
The University of South Dakota Student Bar Association faced criticism over a planned "Hawaiian Day" party.
