Rising Tensions Between DeVos and Democrats
Tensions between congressional Democrats and U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos rise with a scathing letter to a House committee.
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GWU promotes prof’s partisan Twitter feed bashing GOP, Kavanaugh
A George Washington University "public affairs" professor called Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh a "rapey prep school douchebag."
Sanders, Warren dominate campus fundraising in battleground states
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren together collected over 60 percent of the nearly $1.2 million donated to presidential candidates by employees of Big Ten Conference schools since 2018, according to an analysis by The College Fix.
What happens when the internet vanishes?
From his high-rise desk overlooking the sprawling city of Addis Ababa, Markos Lemma has a pretty good view.
Jobs set to go as business school ‘disestablishes’ professoriate
University of Salford says ‘consultation is ongoing’ with eight professors in its business school as ‘newly focused research strategy’ is implemented
Coronavirus Forces Universities Online
Compelled to close their campuses to limit the spread of coronavirus, U.S. universities with Chinese branches move at lightning speed to take teaching online.
USC offering free tuition
The University of Southern California announced Thursday that it will eliminate tuition for students whose families have an annual income of $80,000 or less and will no longer be considering homeownership when calculating students’ financial aid.
College admissions scandal meets foreign bribery
A Chinese national has pleaded guilty to bribery after paying to have her son admitted to UCLA.
ournalism school claims professor ‘voluntarily’ stepped down after comparing ‘OK, boomer’ to n-word
A journalism professor who equated the dismissive phrase “OK, boomer” with the n-word in class will step down for the rest of the semester and has agreed to play pupil in racial sensitivity courses, the administration said.
Cheats ‘exploiting false sense of security’ in exams
Students who admit that they cheat say they are most likely to do so in exams, even though staff mostly detect cheats’ handiwork in written assignments.
