Language by the Shrinking Numbers
A new report from American Academy of Arts and Sciences makes a data-based case for building U.S. capacity for foreign languages.
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Tenure, Women and Economics
New study suggests female economists are less likely to be tenured, compared to male peers, and women are less likely to remain in academe eight years after earning their Ph.D.s.
Integrate employability and internationalisation, universities told
Universities should integrate employability with internationalisation and other institutional missions if they are to properly prepare students for the world of work, a conference has heard.
MIT, Harvard, UC in heated debate to privatize CRISPR
We may be approaching a time when custom-made humans exist, depending on how current debates on open science goes.
University of Minnesota pulls ads from Breitbart.com
Breitbart.com is a scary place to hang out.
Looking for Low-Income Students
A group of 30 top colleges and universities wants to enroll more low-income students, but critics question whether the focus should be elsewhere.
Sweden pushes for HE links with industry to stop ‘losing ground’
Sweden is often cited as one of the world’s leading higher education nations.
Colby-Sawyer eliminates five majors to stay afloat
In announcing the layoffs of 18 employees this week, Colby-Sawyer College is the latest small private school to make a difficult choice in response to national trends that have put pressure on institutions with its profile.
What Former Employees Say ITT Tech Did To Scam Its Students
When he first moved to Miami, Waltter Teruel says, working as a recruiter for ITT Technical Institute was a welcome change from his life in New York where he had been selling antiques and life insurance.
Don’t Smile (You’re on Camera)
Student secretly records professor’s anti-Trump comments, after which a student group wants the professor punished and the faculty union wants the student disciplined. Are more such incidents to come?
