High marks as Chinese Universities enter world’s top 100
Four Chinese universities have made it into the world's top 100 according to new QS World University Rankings, the nation's best performance.
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Kansas band director suspended after half-time Starship Enterprise show
Kansas State University has suspended its marching band director for one game after the band’s members marched in a formation meant to portray the Starship Enterprise battling the mascot of the university’s rival, the University of Kansas Jayhawk.
Judge refuses to stop name change for New York college
A Paul Smith's College alumni group didn't want the name to be changed to Joan Weill-Paul Smith's College
Researchers ‘not doing enough’ to explore options outside academia
Many university researchers have unrealistic expectations of a long-term career in academia and are doing little to explore other job options, a survey has found.
Would-Be Disruptor Shifts Gears
Modern States Education Alliance, an organization initially billed as an accreditor for nontraditional providers of education, is changing its focus and taking a more direct route to increasing access to higher education, its founders say.
Obama promotes online search tool with college-specific data
President Barack Obama on Saturday debuted a redesigned online tool with college-specific information about student costs, loans and potential earning power ...
PhD supervisors urged to ‘embrace history’s ghosts’
White supervisors in New Zealand can provide far more effective support for their Maori students by “embracing rather than refusing history’s ghosts”.
Daymar College to settle with ex-students
Daymar College, the for-profit Kentucky company accused in multiple lawsuits of duping students into enrolling through bogus claims about job placement and transferring credits,
Can South African Universities Meet Demands for Change?
More than 20 years after the end of apartheid, the pressure for South Africa’s universities to shed their old identities and to embrace transformation is greater than ever.
