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President of Connecticut Board of Regents involved in raise scandal
The nearly $300,000 worth of salary increases included a raise of almost $48,000 for a top higher education administrator who is now turning down the money.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 9, 2012 -
OCR confusion leads to Duke's elimination of sexual assault statute of limitations
The school previously reduced the statute from two years to one this past January.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 9, 2012 -
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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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Many details of UConn's athletic fundraising kept under wraps
The school is exempt from state freedom of information laws.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 8, 2012 -
IU parking lease proposal meets faculty and staff opposition
A petition making the rounds has received hundreds of signatures, says union president.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 8, 2012 -
North Lake College school shooting drill frightens students who weren't notified
The school is rethinking its notification policy following the incident.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 8, 2012 -
Study shows accreditation costs may be less than previously estimated
Million-dollar expenses may not be quite so big after all.
By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 8, 2012 -
Expert at Clery event sheds light on the issue of stalking on campuses
A former University of Vermont campus police chief says stalking "has a direct correlation to death" and must be given higher priority.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 8, 2012 -
Buyout offer creates anxiety among Connecticut's community college presidents
Officials in the state higher education system deny such an offer was ever made.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 8, 2012 -
Deep Dive
Most Read Education News of the Week: SAT scores, Arne Duncan and iPad apps
Want to know what Education Dive readers were looking at this week? Check out our five most popular posts.
By Brian Warmoth • Oct. 5, 2012 -
University in India tries to bring home academics who left
As a result of the change in party leadership in India, administrators are in the midst of an effort to return prestige to Presidency University.
By Davide Savenije • Oct. 5, 2012 -
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Net price calculator compliance uneven, says report
Net price calculators became a requirement for universities just over a year ago, but a new report finds implementation is spotty.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 4, 2012 -
Fla. Dept. of Education asks for $440M for technology initiative
The budget proposal requests a total of $800M in new funding from a state legislature with limited means.
By Davide Savenije • Oct. 3, 2012 -
Socioeconomic affirmative action is a better alternative, says Century Foundation report
The report uses data and policies from seven states where race-based admissions are, or were at one point, banned.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 3, 2012 -
Nearly 500 public universities sign on for ambitious 2025 degree completion goal
The schools vow to award an additional 3.8 million degrees in the next 13 years.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 3, 2012 -
Texas Gov. Rick Perry introduces proposals aimed at increasing the state's college graduates
Perry wants more of the state's students to get their degrees in a timely manner and at a better price.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 1, 2012 -
Psychologist takes on troubled Alabama chancellorship
Mark A. Heinrich previously led a troubled institution in 2008 and brings enthusiasm for student success to latest position.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 1, 2012 -
Deep Dive
Most Read Education News of the Week: iPhone ed tech, MOOCs and digital shifts
Education Dive runs down the most read posts of the week each Friday. Here's what educators were looking at.
By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 28, 2012 -
Affirmative action defended by American Educational Research Association in Fisher v. University of Texas
AERA discussed their amicus brief in a hearing Thursday, less than two weeks before the Supreme Court is set to hear Fisher v. University of Texas.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 28, 2012 -
John Silber, Boston University's former president, dead at 86
Silber served at the school for more than a quarter century, advancing academic programs and eventually running for governor.
By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 27, 2012 -
Random drug testing for athletes embraced by more colleges
More Division III schools are joining their Division I and II counterparts in submitting to the NCAA's random drug testing procedures.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 27, 2012 -
CU-Boulder faculty seek support from colleagues for legislation to reinstate campus gun ban
The school's campus gun ban was struck down last spring by the Colorado Supreme Court.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 26, 2012 -
Historically black colleges see a decline in federal funds
Funding for historically black colleges dropped 13% in fiscal 2011, according to a recent analysis.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 26, 2012 -
Two years after suicide, Rutgers offers even more resources for LGBT students
The traditionally diverse school strengthened its embrace of LGBT students following Tyler Clementi's 2010 suicide.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 24, 2012 -
Students get help navigating state voter ID laws
Colleges are assisting with the process of getting students ready to vote in the winddown to November's elections.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 24, 2012 -
CCSF's crisis contributes to battle over shared governance in California's community colleges
The City College of San Francisco faces a crisis that some observers say was created by the state community college system's shared governance.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 21, 2012
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