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Bipartisan Senate campus sex assault bill unveiled
The proposed legislation would require, among other things, student surveys about sexual violence with publicized results, as well as stiffer penalties.
By Keith Button • July 31, 2014 -
ExamSoft's bar exam snafu called biggest in history
Law students in at least 17 states experienced frustrating delays and failures trying to upload bar exam answers by a Tuesday night deadline.
By Keith Button • July 30, 2014 -
Williams tops Forbes' college rankings
The magazine unveiled its seventh annual Top 100 U.S. Colleges list on Wednesday.
By Keith Button • July 30, 2014 -
Forbes names Stanford top 'entrepreneurial university'
The rankings are based on how students and alumni identify themselves on LinkedIn.
By Keith Button • July 30, 2014 -
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Records request shows Alabama State paid $318K to sue auditor
The university sued a forensic accounting firm hired by Gov. Robert Bentley to look for financial wrongdoing.
By Keith Button • July 30, 2014 -
McRaven to serve as next University of Texas chancellor
The retiring Navy admiral is perhaps best known for planning the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
By Keith Button • July 30, 2014 -
Infographic: Can cheating be curbed in online courses?
According to the stats, 73% of students believe everyone has cheated on a test at least once.
By Roger Riddell • July 29, 2014 -
College students paying 50% of full cost for the first time
A Trends in College Spending report paints falling subsidies as the source.
By Keith Button • July 29, 2014 -
Research shows college work-study programs generally benefit students
A study of college student employment subsidies finds that the programs generally improve degree completion and employment for lower-income students.
By Keith Button • July 29, 2014 -
Deep Dive
8 campus traditions that aren't all pomp and circumstance
From superstition to the downright offbeat, some U.S. institutions have had well over a century to adopt some fairly strange traditions.
By Roger Riddell • July 29, 2014 -
VA higher ed presidents: Say 'no' to proposed federal ratings system
The 50 higher ed leaders have signed a letter expressing concerns about the Obama administration's proposed college ratings system.
By Keith Button • July 29, 2014 -
BioHealth, Bryman colleges shutter 10 days after Chapter 11 filing
The closure of the California for-profits leaves 280 students in the lurch.
By Keith Button • July 29, 2014 -
Professors lobby FAA for freedom to use drones
A group of professors from prominent institutions want looser restrictions on the use of unmanned aircraft that they say hamper the tech's educational and research applications.
By Keith Button • July 29, 2014 -
Georgia Lottery reports record education payout, still misses mark
The $945 million payout falls short of the an expected 35% of profits.
By Roger Riddell • July 28, 2014 -
For-profit Bridgepoint facing 2 investigations
Bridgepoint Education and its Ashford University subsidiary are the targets of investigations by Massachusetts' attorney general and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
By Keith Button • July 28, 2014 -
Study: Non-tenure-track faculty face more psychological stress
Job circumstances make non-tenure faculty more likely to suffer from depression, anxiety, and stress, according to a study published in Frontiers of Psychology.
By Keith Button • July 28, 2014 -
Deep Dive
Issues at these 4 schools reflect Moody's gloomy higher ed outlook
The negative outlook for the sector over the next 12 to 18 months is reflected by issues ranging from debt to falling enrollment.
By Keith Button • July 28, 2014 -
Google initiative connects to online course translation
The tech giant's effort at using crowdsourcing to improve its language translation service mirrors similar efforts in the online education community.
By Keith Button • July 28, 2014 -
First votes taken in Higher Education Act's long road to reauthorization
The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives are taking different approaches to the legislation.
By Keith Button • July 28, 2014 -
U.S. Senators: Higher ed should be a high priority for states
Democrats and Republicans on the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions last week offered their ideas for improving higher ed.
By Keith Button • July 28, 2014 -
62% of top 100 patenting universities are in the U.S.
A new Intellectual Property Owners report shows the University of California system claiming the top spot with 399 patents.
By Keith Button • July 25, 2014 -
Tufts' for-profit day care handoff ruffles feathers
Critics fear the change will hurt the quality of child care.
By Keith Button • July 25, 2014 -
UT football players accused of rape arrested, suspended
The cases are the second and third at the university this year.
By Keith Button • July 25, 2014 -
In wake of NYT article, Hobart and William Smith Colleges vow change
Officials say policies and procedures for handling campus rape cases will change following an alleged mishandling.
By Keith Button • July 25, 2014 -
Ohio State fires marching band director over culture of intimidation
An investigation revealed a culture that encouraged alcohol abuse and sexual harassment.
By Keith Button • July 25, 2014
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