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Ball State complains about government regulations
Ball State University presented the Indiana House Ways and Means Committee with a list of more than 100 government regulations it must comply with at an estimated cost of 11 percent of the school's operating budget.
Beginning of a Movement
Tens of thousands of students and academics join Women’s March on Washington.
CFPB sues student loan company Navient
Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is suing the nation’s largest servicer of both federal and private student loans for systematically and illegally failing borrowers at every stage of repayment.
MOOC enrollment drops at HarvardX and MITx
An internal study of the massive open online courses (MOOCs) offered by Harvard and MIT shows a serious decline in the number of students choosing to enroll and certify via these internet-accessible classrooms.
MIT president: Trump ‘will not change our mission’
The leader of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has said that Donald Trump’s presidency “will not change” the university’s mission and values, claiming that the worst-case scenario is that the institution will have to find new sources of funding.
Publishing’s Prestige Bias
Study suggests top humanities journals favor research by professors working at or who earned Ph.D.s at elite institutions.
Amherst College chapel a refuge for immigrants
On the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration, religious leaders at Amherst College plan to consecrate the campus chapel on Thursday as a symbol of solidarity with the illegal immigrants the president-elect has threatened to deport.
Finland’s Brain Drain
After major budget cuts for universities, Ph.D.s are leaving the country.
Trump presidency starts battle over trillion-dollar student loans
Donald Trump’s election has left investors betting that the trillion-dollar US federal student loan system could be shifted back to banks, with a leading Democrat putting his pick as education secretary under pressure on the issue.
