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U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to hire 500 professors
The new hires will fill positions left vacant over the last several years.
By Roger Riddell • April 25, 2013 -
Northern Kentucky accuses ex-AD of stealing school funds for personal use
The athletic director was fired March 16 for having inappropriate relationships with four university employees.
By Roger Riddell • April 25, 2013 -
Ex-San Francisco State official faces 128 felony charges
The former director of environmental health and occupational safety is accused of taking bribes.
By Roger Riddell • April 25, 2013 -
Sponsored by4 data-driven decisions that changed university classrooms
The need for knowledge never disappears, whether you count yourself as a student or a tenured Ivy League professor. These days, higher education continually fosters a powerful crop of educators and administrators who have to make sense of scores and learning behaviors. Being an educator means ...
By Eli Dickinson • April 24, 2013 -
The name is Petraeus, Professor Petraeus
Former CIA director David Petraeus will become a visiting professor at CUNY.
By Roger Riddell • April 24, 2013 -
Four charged in hazing deaths of two VSU students
Two students drowned trying to cross the Appomattox River early Saturday morning in an initiation ritual.
By Roger Riddell • April 24, 2013 -
Violent threats after controversial protest cause Dartmouth to cancel classes
The canceled classes will be replaced by diversity programming.
By Roger Riddell • April 24, 2013 -
Free school to no longer be free
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art has decided to start charging tuition.
By Davide Savenije • April 23, 2013 -
Minerva Project unveils $500,000 award for innovative instructors
Are you eligible?
By Roger Riddell • April 23, 2013 -
Pearson buys cloud-based learning analytics and assessment start-up Learning Catalytics
Learning Catalytics allows instructors to assess students in real time and group them according to what they understand.
By Roger Riddell • April 23, 2013 -
New bill would end secret expense accounts in Conn.
The bill stems from former Board of Regents President Robert Kennedy's controversial $25,000 unvouchered expense account.
By Roger Riddell • April 22, 2013 -
Digital portfolio startup Seelio pitches platform to higher ed institutions
Seelio, formerly TrueApp, announced it has raised $900,000 in seed funding.
By Davide Savenije • April 22, 2013 -
'Online Ivy' startup creates genius grant for educators
The Minerva Project has also launched the Minerva Academy, an elite society of educators, which will award the Minerva Prize.
By Davide Savenije • April 22, 2013 -
Fla. Gov. Rick Scott set to sign expansive education bill
Among other things, the bill loosens the state's high school graduation standards.
By Roger Riddell • April 22, 2013 -
Ban on 'Jesus-stomping' breaches academic freedom, FAU faculty committee declares
The ban stems from a February controversy involving a communications classroom exercise.
By Roger Riddell • April 22, 2013 -
Princeton provost to become president
The Ivy League school's new president will be Christopher Eisgruber, a constitutional scholar and former clerk to Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.
By Roger Riddell • April 21, 2013 -
Purdue's tuition freeze piles pressure on universities in Ind.
Some state schools claim they are using alternative methods to lower tuition.
By Roger Riddell • April 21, 2013 -
Calif. students, faculty oppose higher fees for in-demand classes
Student and faculty critics of the legislation say it is damaging to open access and what they consider a public trust.
By Roger Riddell • April 21, 2013 -
Boston University creates scholarship fund in honor of bomb victim
The scholarship fund will honor Lu Lingzi, the Boston University graduate student killed in the blast at the Boston Marathon.
By Davide Savenije • April 19, 2013 -
Boston on lockdown, schools cancelled as authorities hunt for gunman
An MIT police officer was shot and killed overnight, reportedly by the suspects.
By Roger Riddell • April 19, 2013 -
U. of Michigan's first female president to retire
She will retire as the school's 13th president in July 2014.
By Roger Riddell • April 19, 2013 -
Occidental, Swarthmore accused of mishandling sex assault cases
The colleges face Title IX and Clery Act violations, respectively.
By Roger Riddell • April 19, 2013 -
Lawmakers advise Education Dept. to abandon revival of two controversial rules
The department announced earlier this week it sought to reinstate "gainful employment" and "state authorization" laws.
By Roger Riddell • April 19, 2013 -
Is UCLA the most popular school in America?
The university received more freshman applications than any other university in the U.S.
By Roger Riddell • April 18, 2013 -
Ed Dept. signs off on SNHU's non-credit-based degree program
So how do you measure a degree if not by traditional credit hours?
By Brian Warmoth • April 18, 2013
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