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U. of Oregon facing grad teaching assistant strike
The strike is the first at the school since 1995.
By Keith Button • Dec. 4, 2014 -
Promises abound from White House higher ed summit
Participants in the Obama administration's second higher education summit have made more than 500 commitments to improve higher ed, mainly for low-income or prospective students.
By Keith Button • Dec. 4, 2014 -
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A look at the pandemic's continuing impact on enrollment and how colleges can ensure students stay on course.
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Center for American Progress makes case for boosting public college funding
A new report from the organization presents a proposal to make public colleges and universities more accessible to low- and middle-income students.
By Keith Button • Dec. 4, 2014 -
UT-Austin loses 100 human brains
As of right now, no one is entirely sure what happened to the collection of brains that included UT-Austin sniper Charles Whitman.
By Roger Riddell • Dec. 3, 2014 -
SUNY adopts comprehensive sex assault policy
The State University of New York has issued what is described as the nation's most comprehensive higher ed sexual assault policy.
By Keith Button • Dec. 3, 2014 -
NYU in hot water again for overseas working conditions
Working conditions for construction laborers on the New York University outpost in Shanghai were not monitored as promised.
By Keith Button • Dec. 3, 2014 -
Top universities considering flexible course delivery options
Several top universities, including leaders of the MOOC movement, are considering new ideas that would allow students to decide when and where learning is delivered.
By Keith Button • Dec. 3, 2014 -
New big data MOOCs coming from BerkeleyX
UC-Berkeley will offer two new MOOCs through edX on using an open-source big data processing engine.
By Keith Button • Dec. 3, 2014 -
California legislators confront proposed UC tuition hike
Lawmakers are offering proposals of their own to prevent, or at least soften the blow, of University of California President Janet Napolitano's proposed 5% per year tuition hike.
By Keith Button • Dec. 3, 2014 -
Pearson touts benefits of online writing tool
A series of case studies from the education giant highlight the benefits of its Writing Space tool.
By Keith Button • Dec. 2, 2014 -
Former Creative Commons CEO joins EdCast
Catherine Casserly will serve as the Stanford StartX company's new vice president of learning networks.
By Roger Riddell • Dec. 2, 2014 -
Higher ed tuition rising faster for poor students
Even for colleges and universities that have pledged to expand opportunities for poor students, net tuition is rising faster for those from low-income families.
By Keith Button • Dec. 2, 2014 -
Donor threatens to rescind $4.5M if U of Illinois rehires adjunct
The part-timer in question is James Kilgore, who served about five years in prison for murder and was a former member of the Symbionese Liberation Army.
By Keith Button • Dec. 2, 2014 -
UVA's Sullivan outlines sex assault plan
The University of Virginia has come under fire in recent weeks for a sexual assault problem publicized in a Rolling Stone article.
By Keith Button • Dec. 2, 2014 -
$11M in grants expected to fund Indiana U's supercomputing cloud
A $6.6 million National Science Foundation grant kicks off five years of funding that will build and operate a supercomputing cloud available to researchers and students.
By Keith Button • Dec. 2, 2014 -
Ellucian unveils new SaaS solution for continuing ed programs
With Elevate, Ellucian aims to facilitate growth and track profitability within continuing education and workforce development programs.
By Roger Riddell • Dec. 1, 2014 -
Is higher ed in the midst of a construction boom?
Large construction projects at colleges and universities indicate that a post-recession building boom is on the rise.
By Keith Button • Dec. 1, 2014 -
ACE general counsel dies in holiday accident
A statement from the American Council on Education praised Ada Meloy's contributions to higher ed over the course of a career that spanned nearly four decades.
By Roger Riddell • Dec. 1, 2014 -
Swarthmore reverses, admits questionable judicial board conduct
The institution all but admitted wrongdoing for the expulsion of a male student accused of sexual assault.
By Keith Button • Dec. 1, 2014 -
UMass-Amherst asks Cosby to step down from fundraising role
The institution isn't alone in cutting ties with the comedian due to sexual assault allegations, as numerous higher ed institutions are currently facing problems of their own with that very issue.
By Keith Button • Dec. 1, 2014 -
80% of top students accepted to an elite college
Parchment.com calculations show that highly qualified high school students typically get accepted to at least one elite college or university.
By Keith Button • Dec. 1, 2014 -
Deep Dive
How 6 higher ed institutions are continuing to approach MOOCs
Cornell, Northwestern, UW-Madison, and others have launched their own MOOCs in the past year, but how is the format faring for them?
By Keith Button • Nov. 26, 2014 -
UVA board tries to address sex assault
The university's board passed a zero-tolerance policy on sexual assault, but the details about what that means have yet to be worked out.
By Keith Button • Nov. 26, 2014 -
Eckerd president's 'drink less' sex assault advice latest to stir controversy
An email to students from Eckerd College President Donald Eastman III was seen by some as engaging in victim-blaming.
By Keith Button • Nov. 26, 2014 -
Do businesses take alternative credentials seriously yet?
Advocates of nanodegrees and other alternative credentials in higher ed are having a tough time gaining traction with resume sorters at big companies.
By Keith Button • Nov. 26, 2014
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