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Officials battle faculty poaching at Colorado's research universities
Dozens of professors at Colorado's research universities have been approached with outside offers in the past year.
By Roger Riddell • May 21, 2013 -
Deep Dive
The college dropout who blamed Ubuntu
Dive Insight: What would you have said to this student who said a Ubuntu machine forced her to withdraw from classes?
By Brian Warmoth • May 21, 2013 -
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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MOOC platform edX announces 15 new university partners
The Harvard and MIT-funded MOOC provider added 15 higher education institutions spanning nine countries. Here they are.
By Davide Savenije • May 21, 2013 -
Congressional Democrats scrutinize Obama student loan policy
The congressmen said current policy looks at struggling students and parents as a source of profit.
By Roger Riddell • May 20, 2013 -
UCF allows instructor who made 'killing spree' joke to return to work
Hyung-Il Jung's students rallied for his return following his suspension.
By Roger Riddell • May 20, 2013 -
Ohio GOP proposal would tie tuition to voting
Out-of-state students registered to vote in the state would receive in-state tuition under the proposal.
By Roger Riddell • May 20, 2013 -
Thesis claiming Hispanics have lower IQs stokes outrage at Harvard
Over 1,000 students signed a petition demanding an investigation of the research's approval.
By Roger Riddell • May 19, 2013 -
Illinois universities receive only a portion of appropriated funds
With one month left in the current fiscal year, the state's public universities have received only 65% of what they're owed.
By Roger Riddell • May 19, 2013 -
Most Read Education News of the Week: SAT cancellations and Google
Want to see what everyone else liked on Education Dive this week? Get caught up on your news right now.
By Brian Warmoth • May 17, 2013 -
Deep Dive
25 colleges worth their price tags
Payscale calculated university degrees' returns on investment, and these 25 schools topped the rankings.
By Davide Savenije • May 17, 2013 -
Spring 2013 college enrollment falls 2.3%
A new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center details the widening gap between fall and spring enrollments.
By Roger Riddell • May 17, 2013 -
Ed. Dept. fines Yale $165,000 for failing to report sexual crimes
The school received the maximum fine for "very serious and numerous" Clery Act violations.
By Roger Riddell • May 17, 2013 -
Publisher threatens U. of Colorado librarian with jail time, $1B lawsuit
The publisher took offense to being included on a popular list of predatory open-access journals and publishers.
By Roger Riddell • May 16, 2013 -
Yale joins MOOC frenzy with Coursera partnership
The move follows a December report encouraging the Ivy League institution to increase its online efforts.
By Roger Riddell • May 16, 2013 -
Microsoft Research launches MOOC engineering pilot in India
Microsoft Research India and Visvesvaraya Technological University are taking a cue from MOOCs with their engineering pilot project.
By Roger Riddell • May 15, 2013 -
Udacity, Georgia Tech to launch online computer science masters program
AT&T is also helping launch the low-cost degree program.
By Roger Riddell • May 15, 2013 -
Student Judicial Affairs Director fired for alleged inappropriate relationships at U. of Tenn.
Student Judicial Affairs Director Jenny Wright attempted to step down last week prior to her termination.
By Roger Riddell • May 15, 2013 -
Two schools 'unranked' by U.S. News after submitting false data
York College of Pennsylvania and the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor acknowledged submitting inaccurate data.
By Roger Riddell • May 15, 2013 -
U. of Phoenix recommended for reaccreditation, but doubts linger
Governance and other issues remain sticking points for the accreditation board.
By Roger Riddell • May 14, 2013 -
Deep Dive
10 colleges with the worst return on investment
Payscale calculated the financial return on a college degree--and it wasn't good for these 10 schools.
By Davide Savenije • May 14, 2013 -
Longtime Virginia Tech president to step down
Charles Steger steered the school through the 2007 campus shooting.
By Davide Savenije • May 14, 2013 -
Audits: Rutgers, Kean and NJCU inappropriately awarded student aid
The three New Jersey universities awarded too much financial aid to students who weren't eligible or had overestimated their financial need.
By Roger Riddell • May 14, 2013 -
Protestors occupying U. of California land are arrested
Police previously removed protesters occupying a nearby tract of land last year.
By Roger Riddell • May 14, 2013 -
Is your college's online network vulnerable to hackers' attacks?
A new alert warns universities' online systems are susceptible to distributed denial of service attacks.
By Roger Riddell • May 13, 2013 -
Dean faces mutiny, $7M deficit at U. of Cincinnati
Ron Jackson, Dean of the McMicken College of Arts & Sciences, is not having a great first year.
By Roger Riddell • May 13, 2013
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