Harvard’s endowment is expected to lay off half its staff: WSJ
Harvard University's investment arm is expected to outsource management of most of its $35.7 billion endowment and lay off roughly half the 230 staff ...
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‘Regaining Public Trust’
Educators deliberate how to promote liberal education and push back on attacks on academe -- in part by being more open about areas in which higher education has been weak.
State Tech asks high court to consider drug testing
State Technical College wants the U.S. Supreme Court to have the final say on the constitutionality of making some students take drug tests.
Some college ‘is better than none’, study suggests
Is it better to be a university dropout or to not have gone to college at all?
Leaving Lynda.com
Some colleges cancel their contracts with online education provider Lynda.com after double-digit price hikes, saying the company is pricing itself out of the higher education market.
Mass. boards OK college prep plan
The state’s two education boards have approved a plan to expand the early college high school program ...
FBI sends out warning about scam targeting college job seekers
OSU senior Stephanie Hanson checks twice before taking any job offer that seems to good to be true.
Atlanta University Center to fight crime with cameras
The Atlanta University Center Consortium Council of Presidents and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed will unveil a new network of surveillance cameras on Tuesday morning.
Higher Ed and the Wall
Some college leaders are concerned about the symbolic impact of Trump’s proposed wall on collaborations and exchange, even as many wait to see what, if any, practical effects it might have.
Despite closure of Arizona Tech, V’ACTE to expand programs
In the short term, the recent closure of Cottonwood’s Arizona Technical College will affect expansion of some centralized programs by Valley Academy for Career and Technology and Education.
