External examiners ‘need more support on standards’
Conference on grade inflation told ‘systematic’ change is needed
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EAB research points to how adult student prospects are gathering information about programs and what their key decision criteria are, with admissions recruitment takeaways for colleges and universities.
A Donor’s Demands, a Revoked Chair
A religion professor at the American University in Cairo says the university had no right to revoke his chair title after he resisted a donor's demands that he teach Islam in a preferential manner.
Meet the high-school students who are taking college courses: ‘Most of us here either want to be a doctor or an engineer’
The soothing melodies of Norah Jones wafting through a dim lit room, musings about a future as a therapist, engineer or founder of a health-care empire — these are some of the sights and sounds one might expect to find in a coffee shop or dorm room at a small liberal-arts college.
Free speech bill VETOED in Montana, but not all hope is lost..
Montana's Democrat governor recently vetoed a campus free speech bill.
Universities ‘contribute little to generic skill development’
Schools take credit for majority of literacy and numeracy development
Higher education staff suffer ‘epidemic’ of poor mental health
The number of university workers accessing counselling and occupational health services has shot up, according to research which describes “an epidemic” of poor mental health among higher education staff.
High school and college STEM students build electric cars for kids with disabilities for free
A group of high school and college students from Connecticut have come together to build something extraordinary: Fully-functioning electric carts for families who may not be able to afford adaptive wheelchairs.
Division III school ‘involuntarily removed’ from conference because it won too much
A Division III athletic conference booted one of its founding members Wednesday, apparently because the school had become too dominant across multiple sports.
