Broader Executive Action
White House may be planning executive actions on program-level outcomes data and student loan risk sharing, as well as on free speech, perhaps around the release of its proposed budget next week.
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A Md. professor saw a culture of cheating. His Chinese students say they were targeted
Samantha Wu had high hopes when she left her small town in southern China to study at an American university.
Questions abound after Trump threatens to strip funding from colleges that don’t support free speech
Conservative activists cheered loudly and applauded when President Trump announced Saturday that he would make federal funding for universities contingent on support for free speech.
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
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.
