Old School, New Tech
After spending millions on laptops and tablets for all students and upgrading its network infrastructure, Moravian College explores how it can use those investments to "redefine the classroom."
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University of Missouri students call for black faculty target
US campuses want to see more staff diversity, but how realistic are their goals?
Purdue offering new degrees
Purdue University is set to offer new types of engineering degrees to its students.
More Complaints Than Findings
Education Department has received more than 1,000 filings on racial harassment in higher ed in last seven years. But only a fraction result in any findings.
Wish list: Millions in funding restored to Ky.’s public universities
In the past seven years, Kentucky’s public universities have lost a whopping $173 million in state funding.
Brown to invest $100M to address racism
Expressing gratitude to students of color for calling attention "to actions needed to address racism and injustice on our campus," Brown President Christina H. Paxson has developed a plan and asked students, faculty and staff to comment on it.
Racial equality: Not here, not now
Black Lives Matter, that increasingly catchall movement asserting black dignity, is having a major moment on college campuses across the country, including Southern California.
Female academic leaders suffer more from ‘workaholic’ hours culture
About two-thirds of female academic leaders are unhappy with their work-life balance, with 85 per cent regularly working beyond normal contracted hours each week, a major survey indicates.
Measuring Competency
A preliminary snapshot of the academic skills of students who are enrolled in a new, aggressive form of competency-based education is out, and the results look good.
OECD: England gets extra spending under £9K fees – and world’s most expensive public universities
England’s higher education spending increased in the first year of £9,000 tuition fees and its financing system allowed it to “raise spending in difficult times”, unlike European rivals, but the country has the most expensive public universities in the world.
