Policy & Legal: Page 162
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Pasadena instructor reinstated after harassment and retaliation complaints
The journalism teacher calls his ordeal "unimaginably traumatic."
By Daniel Shumski • Dec. 3, 2013 -
Dept. of Ed. report recommends changes at accreditation body
The government advises giving the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges a year to correct faults.
By Daniel Shumski • Dec. 3, 2013 -
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As AI continues its forward march in education and the workplace, colleges are grapplling with how best to incorporate the emerging technology into admissions, courrsework and elsewhere
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School construction debt reaching dangerous levels, expert says
A professor questions whether borrowing to fund new buildings is wise.
By Daniel Shumski • Dec. 2, 2013 -
Senators promoting open-source textbooks
Since 1978, textbook prices have risen 812%.
By Daniel Shumski • Dec. 2, 2013 -
City, union ask judge to help save City College of San Francisco
The two parties argue that an injunction is necessary to block revocation of the school's accreditation.
By Daniel Shumski • Nov. 27, 2013 -
NYU to let grad students vote on union
University wins concession on research assistants in the hard sciences.
By Daniel Shumski • Nov. 27, 2013 -
UNC faculty defend colleague after email records request
"What are they scared of?" asks a think tank leader.
By Daniel Shumski • Nov. 27, 2013 -
Antioch College to offer full ride to all students one more time
The college began giving the Horace Mann Fellowship to all incoming freshmen after reopening in 2011.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 26, 2013 -
San Jose students protest after 4 charged with hate crime
School's president on victim: "I failed him."
By Daniel Shumski • Nov. 26, 2013 -
Universities see big drop in tuition revenue
The numbers may point to big changes universities must make.
By Daniel Shumski • Nov. 26, 2013 -
Are tenured professors on the verge of extinction?
One professor sees online classes threatening already endangered tenure-track positions.
By Daniel Shumski • Nov. 26, 2013 -
Administrative assistant embezzles $5.1M from medical colleges association
Ephonia Green allegedly opened accounts in names closely resembling the association's vendors and created hundreds of fake invoices.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 25, 2013 -
Report on Dobelle's spending due today
But officials aren't sure whether investigation results will be public.
By Daniel Shumski • Nov. 25, 2013 -
U. of Florida has $1 billion plan to improve ranking
About 100 new faculty will be hired as part of a project to increase the school's prestige.
By Daniel Shumski • Nov. 22, 2013 -
Houghton College
Houghton College to repay loans for students making $38K or less
The college says it is the first in the U.S. to offer a loan repayment assistance program to all new students.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 21, 2013 -
Why college shouldn't be free
If tuition disappeared from public higher education, would it just come back anyway?
By Daniel Shumski • Nov. 21, 2013 -
UDC ends 17 academic programs, but athletics safe for now
The athletics program cost $3 million more than it brought in last fiscal year.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 20, 2013 -
Congressman collecting information on adjunct working conditions
Rep. George Miller says Congress needs to look at adjuncts' conditions as it examines tuition.
By Daniel Shumski • Nov. 20, 2013 -
Brandeis suspends partnership with Palestine's Al-Quds U.
The Palestinian institution's response to a controversial demonstration prompted the cutting of ties.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 19, 2013 -
Obama announces $100M in grants aimed at overhauling high school
The Palestinian institution's response to a controversial demonstration prompted the cutting of ties.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 19, 2013 -
San Jose State University wants review of governance
The school's president says communication is necessary and supports the resolution.
By Daniel Shumski • Nov. 19, 2013 -
Administrator leaves Kean University amid plagiarism accusations
The school's former AVP for academic affairs allegedly lifted 9 pages of a 15-page report from two documents online.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 18, 2013 -
Pa. state college enrollments down 6%
Couple with funding cuts, the system's enrollment declines are forcing it to come up with new ways to reach prospective students.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 18, 2013 -
College leaders often paid handsomely even after job ends
Expensive golden parachutes started in private industry and are proliferating in higher education.
By Daniel Shumski • Nov. 18, 2013 -
Warren Wilson College ends business program
The decision to close the school's business program was both numerical and "philosophical," says official.
By Roger Riddell • Nov. 15, 2013
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