By Andy Thomason. A professor was shot to death in his office at Delta State University on Monday, The Clarion-Ledger reported, and another faculty member whom the police had pursued as a suspect for most of the day was said to have killed himself on Monday night. More...
By Ellen Wexler. The Maryland Board of Regents on Friday approved the University of Maryland University College’s request to create a for-profit business-intelligence company. The new company will offer data-analysis technology and services to universities across the country, and the revenue will go toward the university’s endowment. More...
By Ellen Wexler. When students enroll in MOOCs, they almost always watch a series of video lectures. But just watching videos — without also engaging interactively — is an ineffective way to learn, according to a study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University. More...
By Jon Boeckenstedt. The college-selection process has always seemed backward: Colleges encourage students to apply without regard to costs, and delay revealing the final net price (that is, expenses minus grant aid) until March of the senior year, or sometimes later. The process has resulted in confusion, broken hearts, and many college searches that end with unpleasant surprises. More...
By Alva Noë. You go to a gallery. The work is strange. You don’t know the artist. You aren’t familiar with the style. The pictures all look the same. Flat and dull. They fail to capture your attention. You move on to the next room. You give your energy to your date. More...
By Arthur Levine. Competency-based education, which focuses on the results of education — what students have learned — rather than the process of education — number of courses taken, credits earned, seat time served — is hot. Google it and you get hundreds of thousands of choices. More...
By David D. Perlmutter. At a leadership conference almost a decade ago, I met an incoming dean who had no previous academic experience except being a student. He was, in fact, a longtime business professional with a list of impressive "real world" accomplishments. More...
By Mary Ellen McIntire. It's no secret that women seeking to get a foothold in STEM fields often face serious impediments. Here's another potential one: Junior male medical researchers are more likely than their female peers to land sizable start-up packages from some of the nation’s top research institutions and hospitals, according to a study released on Wednesday. More...
By Amy Werbel. Americans have been reading a lot lately about the state of speech on college campuses. Stories about canceled contracts, resignations, disinvited speakers, racist songs, sexist banners, and trigger warnings have spilled into mainstream news outlets and the blogosphere. More...
By Vimal Patel. Do American universities produce too many Ph.D.s?
It’s a decades-old question that has intensified in recent years as worries about a stagnant academic-job market, record graduate-student debt, and the often-tough working conditions for doctoral students have grown. More...
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