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Court approves controversial split of DC art college, gallery
A judge has approved a plan to divvy up the Corcoran College of Art and Design and Gallery of Art between George Washington University and the National Gallery of Art.
By Keith Button • Aug. 19, 2014 -
Illinois statewide campus smoking ban to take effect July 2015
The ban is mandatory for all state-funded colleges and universities.
By Keith Button • Aug. 18, 2014 -
Harvard tops Chinese list of world's best universities
This is the 12th year the Ivy League school has taken the top honor from Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Center for World-Class Universities.
By Keith Button • Aug. 18, 2014 -
Students criticize revised Columbia U. sexual misconduct policy
Campus groups are complaining that the Ivy League institution failed to incorporate input from students.
By Keith Button • Aug. 18, 2014 -
Study finds tenure gender gap not due to research productivity
A study finds that women are far less likely to receive tenure in certain academic disciplines, even when their research productivity is the same as their male peers.
By Keith Button • Aug. 18, 2014 -
Study: For-profit colleges provide no advantage for job seekers
Employers may actually prefer applicants with community college degrees over those from for-profits.
By Keith Button • Aug. 18, 2014 -
Texas candidate proposes community college for all
The Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor has proposed using the state's rainy day fund to provide community college scholarships to any high school graduate in need.
By Keith Button • Aug. 15, 2014 -
Higher ed's greenest: Sierra Club names top 10 'Cool Schools'
The rankings of 173 colleges and universities are based on energy use, waste management, and other environmental factors.
By Keith Button • Aug. 15, 2014 -
Devil in the details for proposed, delayed federal college ratings
The U.S. Department of Education has had to delay the system's unveiling because deciding on what measurements to use has been difficult.
By Keith Button • Aug. 15, 2014 -
Oregon panel: Lion's share of new funding should go to financial aid
A special commission was tasked with making recommendations to Gov. John Kitzhaber on how $147 million in new higher ed funds should be spent.
By Keith Button • Aug. 15, 2014 -
Penn State, MIT, others lobby for big defense programs
Big research dollars are attracting some of higher ed's most prominent names.
By Keith Button • Aug. 14, 2014 -
Criminal justice tops Forbes' list of most underemployed majors
A greater percentage of criminal justice majors believe they are underemployed than people who studied any other major.
By Keith Button • Aug. 14, 2014 -
Dakota State U. president resigns amid criticism over leadership changes
David Borofsky reportedly forced out a dean and an associate dean.
By Keith Button • Aug. 14, 2014 -
Desire2Learn rakes in $85M in latest funding round
One of Canada's five largest funding rounds in the last decade will help the LMS provider expand globally.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 14, 2014 -
Deep Dive
Textbooks, tech, and social media: What do students prefer? [Infographic]
Recent reports from CampusBooks.com and Uversity detail the ever-changing demands of today's students.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 14, 2014 -
Corinthian subpoenaed for possibe criminal probe
The U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles has served the for-profit with a grand jury subpoena for documents on graduation rates, job placement, and marketing.
By Keith Button • Aug. 14, 2014 -
Iowa universities spending more on lists of prospects
The state's public universities are buying more names at higher prices as colleges find it increasingly hard to enroll those prospects.
By Keith Button • Aug. 14, 2014 -
Revised law school standards approved by American Bar Association
Outcomes like student bar exam scores and employment will now factor more heavily into accreditation.
By Keith Button • Aug. 13, 2014 -
Feds investigate Johns Hopkins U. for sex assault response
The U.S. Department of Education is looking into potential Clery Act and Title IX violations.
By Keith Button • Aug. 13, 2014 -
UConn suspends fraternity and 2 sororities
Sigma Chi, Delta Gamma, and Delta Zeta are accused of hazing and serving alcohol to minors.
By Keith Button • Aug. 13, 2014 -
Junction Education launches online learning platform for community colleges
The company on Tuesday launched an online learning platform that its founder described as a Flipboard for college courses.
By Keith Button • Aug. 13, 2014 -
Boundless expands offerings with open publishing platform
The company's new community authoring platform expands its available subjects to 25.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 12, 2014 -
Advocacy apparently leads to Corcoran art school adjunct's firing
The adjunct had opposed a plan to split the Corcoran Gallery of Art from its College of Art + Design.
By Keith Button • Aug. 12, 2014 -
Ebola forces universities to adjust study abroad programs
The virus' deadliest outbreak in history has forced at least two universities to postpone programs in West Africa.
By Keith Button • Aug. 12, 2014 -
Michigan community college president suspended after DUI
Trustees at West Shore Community College issued the paid suspension along with orders to attend rehab.
By Keith Button • Aug. 12, 2014
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