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Prof punished for anti-Israel tweets sues U of Illinois for emails
The professor whose job offer from the University of Illinois was rescinded over his anti-Israel tweets is suing the school for refusing to hand over emails
By Keith Button • Nov. 19, 2014 -
Deep Dive
Q3 still not pretty for for-profits, but elections could see tides change
With Republican majorities in Congress, struggling for-profits are likely to face less federal regulatory pressure.
By Keith Button • Nov. 18, 2014 -
Trendline
Mental Health and Wellness
This Trendline examines how colleges can address rising mental health concerns and support at-risk groups, such as transgender students and college athletes.
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Study shows downside to performance-based college funding
A study of public colleges in three states indicates the performance-based funding formulas may hurt low-income and minority student enrollment.
By Keith Button • Nov. 18, 2014 -
Gates Foundation gives UT-Arlington $1.6M for higher ed digital learning studies
The University of Texas-Arlington will coordinate studies of itself and nine other institutions.
By Keith Button • Nov. 18, 2014 -
Study: Recession affected higher ed completion rates
Students who started programs in 2008 were reportedly less likely to complete those programs within six years than students who enrolled in 2007.
By Keith Button • Nov. 18, 2014 -
U of OK for-credit courses offered as MOOCs
The online courses many students take for credit are now available for free to the public as a no-credit option.
By Keith Button • Nov. 18, 2014 -
Harvard, UNC sued over race-based admissions
Students for Fair Admissions' Edward Blum previously backed an affirmative action suit against the University of Texas.
By Keith Button • Nov. 18, 2014 -
Whistleblower suit alleges Caltech ignored concerns about Israeli espionage in NASA lab
The university claims the suit was filed in retaliation to an investigation that found the whistleblower omitted her alleged 'spy' as the author of an abstract in favor of her cat.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 17, 2014 -
Gale giving researchers data mining, text analytics boost with access to content
Digital humanities researchers will also gain access to two new text analytics tools.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 17, 2014 -
Lincoln president to undergo internal review
The Saturday decision followed an earlier statement from the board's chairwoman expressing support for embattled president Robert Jennings.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 17, 2014 -
San Jose State loses donor, VP in controversy over racial remarks
Student protests followed last week's revelation that the donor had reportedly made inappropriate remarks about Latino students during a February foundation meeting.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 17, 2014 -
Connecticut higher ed plan upsets faculty
A plan to change Connecticut's public universities and colleges has faculty threatening a coordinated revolt.
By Keith Button • Nov. 17, 2014 -
Number of college applications per student continues its climb
Several factors are boosting the rate of college applications per prospective student this fall.
By Keith Button • Nov. 17, 2014 -
Sit-in protesters reject Syracuse chancellor's 'final offer'
In what he called his final response, Syracuse University's chancellor apologized to a student sit-in protest group for how the administration has handled certain decisions.
By Keith Button • Nov. 14, 2014 -
Ed tech company raises $18M to market new cloud platform
Echo360 has raised $18 million from investors to market its new cloud-based platform for recording and sharing classroom lectures and analyzing student learning in those classes.
By Keith Button • Nov. 14, 2014 -
Microsoft ex-CEO gives estimated $60M to Harvard
Steve Ballmer, a Harvard alumnus, made the gift to endow 12 professors to Harvard's computer science department.
By Keith Button • Nov. 14, 2014 -
Online course provider partners with historically black colleges
The University of Phoenix will offer online courses to students at those colleges at no additional cost to the students.
By Keith Button • Nov. 14, 2014 -
Total U.S. undergrad enrollment down slightly
The total number dropped to 17.9 million last fall from 18.2 million one year earlier.
By Keith Button • Nov. 14, 2014 -
Warning: Hackers are targeting higher ed payroll direct deposits
An advisory was issued Wednesday warning that colleges and universities have been targeted by hackers looking to gain access to employee direct deposit information.
By Keith Button • Nov. 13, 2014 -
The average student loan debt for the class of 2013 is $28,400
A report shows the average student loan debt for the Class of 2013 ranged from $18,656 in New Mexico to $32,795 in New Hampshire.
By Keith Button • Nov. 13, 2014 -
Price of college increasing—but at slower rate than before
A report from the College Board shows that the price is increasing, but at a slower rate over that last decade than in the previous 10-year period.
By Keith Button • Nov. 13, 2014 -
Report: 82.6% of higher ed faculty have not taught online-only course at current school
A national survey shows that 17.4% of higher education faculty have taught an online-only course at their current school.
By Keith Button • Nov. 13, 2014 -
Cousera pledges free MOOC certificates for military vets
Coursera has teamed up with the Department of Veterans Affairs on initiatives to help veterans get jobs.
By Keith Button • Nov. 13, 2014 -
Lincoln U. president angers students, faculty with controversial comments about women
The president of Lincoln University of Pennsylvania made inappropriate comments caught on YouTube, but students and faculty are also upset about some of his other decisions.
By Keith Button • Nov. 12, 2014 -
Collaborative international degree programs mostly for non-US students
Nearly two-thirds of dual and joint international degree programs at U.S. colleges and universities enroll only non-U.S. students.
By Keith Button • Nov. 12, 2014
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