New or Improved?
There are no easy answers for California's two-year college system as it faces an unprecedented decision to move to a new accreditor, while also debating how to change the current one.
The world.edu network focuses on education, science, innovation and the environment.
Here you can submit and vote on the best content from the world’s leading organisations and websites.
Grand Canyon University’s nonprofit restructuring proposal denied
The Higher Learning Commission denied Grand Canyon Education Inc.'s (Nasdaq: LOPE) request to seek nonprofit status for its Grand Canyon University in Phoenix.
UK higher education must recalibrate to register on Asia’s scales
It used to be that to hold out a business card bearing the name of a UK university gained you automatic respect in Asia.
The death of “online” learning in higher ed
As technologies become ubiquitous, familiar labels will vanish
A Counselor Who Looks Like You
A common demand of minority student protests is more minority counselors in a range of student service departments. Is this wise or does it promote segregation?
How to set up a blog about science
Blogging is now an essential weapon in most scientists’ armoury
Last Nonacademic President? Not a Chance
Despite the debacle at Mount St. Mary's, some presidential search committees are likely to continue to seek out candidates without traditional academic careers, experts say.
MIT dean to create university with no majors or lectures
Christine Ortiz is setting out to break the mold with a radical approach to higher education.
Australian scheme for North Korean students launched
North Korean students who have defected to South Korea are to be sent on a study abroad programme to Australia to improve their English, amid wider concerns that defectors fail to succeed in education after escaping from the Pyongyang regime.
Trump U in the Spotlight
State regulators, not the federal government, were in the best position to crack down on Donald Trump's now-defunct educational venture, which has become a hot campaign issue.
