By Scott Jaschik. The University of Missouri at Columbia announced Friday that it is revoking an honorary degree that was awarded to Bill Cosby before dozens of women came forward with allegations of sexual assault against the comedian. More...
By Scott Jaschik. Few issues are as sensitive in flagship university admissions as the proportion of slots going to those from out of state. Since the national economic downturn, many public universities have turned to out-of-staters -- international and otherwise -- who pay twice or more the tuition residents pay. More...
By Scott Jaschik. The Stavros Niarchos Foundation has committed $150 million to a joint effort with Johns Hopkins University to promote civic engagement worldwide. A new institute will support this work. More...
By Scott Jaschik. Many colleges struggle to recruit and retain low-income black male students. Urban Preparation: Young Black Men Moving from Chicago's South Side to Success in Higher Education (forthcoming from Harvard Education Press) follows a cohort of students at Chicago's Urban Prep Charter Academy, and considers the lessons of their success. More...
Afin de consolider les activités des entreprises de production audiovisuelle et cinématographique régionales et les rendre plus compétitives, la Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine propose une Aide au programme d’activités des structures de production, en remplacement des dispositifs qui existaient en Aquitaine et en Limousin. Plus...By Scott Jaschik. Southern University is investigating a sex tape featuring a university employee, The Baton Rouge Advocate reported. The tape was briefly on a pornographic site and was widely shared by alumni before it was taken down. More...
La Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine va mener en 2017 une concertation pour fonder une nouvelle politique régionale dans le cadre d’un « Livre Blanc du Logement des Jeunes et des Etudiants en Nouvelle-Aquitaine ». Il s’agira de poser et de partager un diagnostic territorial commun et de dialoguer avec tous les territoires sur les pratiques existantes et les possibilités d’action. Plus...By Scott Jaschik. On same day Atlanta newspaper exposes decades KKK influence on the culture and activities of Wesleyan College, the women's institution publicly apologizes and acknowledges its past for first time. More...
By Scott Jaschik. Women who take on substantial student debt to attend law school have different marriage patterns than do other women who enter the law, according to a new report by the National Bureau of Economic Research (abstract available here). The women with substantial debt marry at later ages than do others. More...
By Scott Jaschik. A federal judge has ordered various pirate sites that post online papers to which they do not hold copyright to pay Elsevier $15 million in damages, Nature reported. More...
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