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Lawsuit alleges Yale 'retaliated' against woman for her work on Title IX gender equality compliance
The lawsuit seeks at least $10 million in damages.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 16, 2012 -
Jerry Brown tries to raise support for Proposition 30 among college students
The success or failure of the tax measure has implications for students at Cal State and the University of California.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 16, 2012 -
Trendline
Mental Health and Wellness
This Trendline examines how colleges are adapting their mental healthcare to pandemic-era constraints.
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Pearson acquires online learning company EmbanetCompass for $650 million
The buy comes as Pearson looks to expand its online education operations.
By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 16, 2012 -
First HarvardX MOOCs net 100,000 students
The Ivy League school's first two MOOCs on edX deal with computer science and epidemiology.
By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 16, 2012 -
Analysis says Obama's loan repayment plan will benefit wealthy graduates the most
Low-income graduates will see only "marginal benefits."
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 16, 2012 -
Arkansas schools look to increase bilingual teachers with scholarship
Hispanic students in Springdale now have the opportunity to return to the district's hallways as bilingual teachers.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 15, 2012 -
Faculty union's binding arbitration request denied by Pennsylvania State System Of Higher Education
The union has been working without a contract for nearly two years.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 15, 2012 -
University of Texas joins edX for MOOC offerings
The University of Texas System pledges $5 million, joining Harvard and MIT at edX, an online provider of mostly free courses.
By Davide Savenije • Oct. 15, 2012 -
Academia.edu retools its profile pages for higher ed users
New profile options will give users the means to segment their research and presentations on the social networking site.
By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 15, 2012 -
Deep Dive
10 states where research funding per student has dropped
43 states reduced funding at major public research universities between 2002 and 2010. Here are the 10 who got hit the hardest.
By Erik Hall • Oct. 15, 2012 -
Blackboard looks to become a major player in online course development
The company best known for its learning management system, Learn, says the name of its game is "flexibility."
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 15, 2012 -
Stanford professor takes 'academic bullying' on her math education research public with essay
Stanford professor Jo Boaler says she has been the victim of unfair personal and professional attacks by two senior mathematics scholars and their supporters.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 15, 2012 -
Fracking gets go-ahead at Pennsylvania colleges
Money will go to the individual schools, statewide system and tution subsidies.
By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 12, 2012 -
Bill Friday, UNC's former president, dies
Bill Friday, President of the University of North Carolina for 30 years, was an icon of higher education.
By Davide Savenije • Oct. 12, 2012 -
Deep Dive
Most Read Education News of the Week: Obama, Romney and Coursera
Get educated about the five most popular news reads on Education Dive from the past week.
By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 12, 2012 -
District court judge continues universities' 'fair use' winning streak with HathiTrust ruling
Authors Guild v. HathiTrust is the third high-profile fair use victory for universities in the last year.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 12, 2012 -
Federal PLUS loan standards tighten following changes
A little-noticed October 2011 change to PLUS loans appears to have tightened requirements and led to a spike in loan denials.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 12, 2012 -
Peoria pushing for state university
In fact, the city has designated the task a "high priority."
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 12, 2012 -
University of Louisville freshman dorm closes due to mold outbreak
The closure comes in the middle of midterm exams, and the university says more dorms may have the same problem.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 12, 2012 -
Support waning for Connecticut higher education president
The system's president has been involved in a pair of high-profile scandals in the past week.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 11, 2012 -
At MIT, daylight is being restored to the symbolic Bldg. 10
Blacked out during World War II, the school's landmark dome skylight is reopening.
By Ron Gallagher • Oct. 11, 2012 -
MOOC taker critiques technical problems, peer grading
Harry McCracken says peer grading seems necessary with MOOCs, but it comes at a price.
By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 11, 2012 -
Hackers get info on more than 200K students and employees at Florida college
Compromised information includes names, birth dates and social security numbers.
By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 11, 2012 -
Supreme Court justices bring tough questions for both sides in Fisher v. University of Texas
The University of Texas needs one more justice supportive of affirmative action to uphold its admissions practices.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 11, 2012 -
UWM Post may cease publication, resume next fall
Declining advertising revenue has left the student-run paper nearly broke.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 10, 2012
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