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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 -
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 -
GE administrator tapped to head Ohio State's new compliance office
Office will oversee several departments, including athletics.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 20, 2012 -
Pennsylvania court says colleges deserve to know applicants' disciplinary records
Some argue that only felonies committed by applicants should be reported.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 20, 2012 -
Delta Kappa Epsilon can be sued in fatal Yale crash, says Connecticut Supreme Court
The 2003 crash killed four students and left another five injured.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 19, 2012 -
17 charged in student-aid fraud schemes in California crackdown
The crackdown comes as an increasing focus is placed on student-aid fraud.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 18, 2012 -
Registration required for Yale students' off-campus parties
The new policy is similar to one that has been in place on campus for several years.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 17, 2012 -
Looming federal budget cuts would reduce funding for most higher education programs, says report
The proposed automatic cuts were only passed as an attempt to get Congress to compromise on deficit reduction.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 15, 2012 -
Texas and North Dakota universities evacuate after bomb threats
A man claiming to be with Al Qaeda reportedly called UT's president, saying bombs would go off.
By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 14, 2012 -
Website hires unemployed professors to write students' essays
Usually, professors are working to combat plagiarism, but a Montreal-based website is trying to get them to help violate academic ethics principles.
By Brian Warmoth • Sept. 13, 2012 -
Republicans grill NLRB in House hearing on unionization at private universities
The hearing was prompted by the NLRB's pending reconsideration of private university graduate students' right to unionize.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 13, 2012
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