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Leaving Over Campus Carry
Professor’s public resignation letter points to tensions in Kansas as new law takes effect this summer.
Harvard Law expands deferral program
Harvard Law School, expanding a pilot program for Harvard undergraduates, said Wednesday that it would allow juniors accepted from any college to defer admission as long as they finish college and spend at least two years working, studying or pursuing research or fellowships.
‘Invisible ink’ student pays high price for cheating
With micro-earpieces, smart watches and miniature mobile phones confiscated from exams in recent years, it seems students are resorting to ever-more-imaginative ways to cheat.
Purdue Faculty Questions Kaplan Deal
Senate passes resolution rebuking the university’s unexpected acquisition and calling for it to be rescinded.
Petition supported by teachers’ unions asks college to disinvite DeVos
After an historically black college in Florida announced that U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos would deliver its commencement address, an online petition appeared Monday, courtesy of alumni, who asked the college to rescind the invitation.
Teachers are totally over fidget spinners
If you've never heard of a fidget spinner, it's a toy with a ball bearing in the middle and prongs (usually 3) popping out.
UK and Australian universities ‘more stressful than Uganda’
Academics working in the UK and Australia experience more stress in their job than their counterparts in Iran and Uganda, according to a study.
Pushing Public Higher Ed Boundaries
Purdue’s deal for Kaplan U trades a long-term business relationship for low up-front costs while raising worries -- especially among faculty groups -- about blurred lines between public and private higher ed.
Big Brothers Big Sisters extends mentoring into the college years
Miguel Vasquez is a busy man — a commercial real estate consultant and father of a 3-year-old — but has managed to devote time to mentor a teenage boy through Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County and the Inland Empire.
