Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science celebrated the impending construction of its new Innovation and Research Park with a ceremonial groundbreaking on Sept. 8 attended by state and local officials, life science industry partners, and university faculty, alumni and supporters. More...
Most Montana college grads find jobs in state
Montana’s job market needs more college graduates in computer fields and automotive technology, and far fewer “general studies” majors. More...
Indiana, Purdue, Ball State universities facing lawsuits alleging racial bias
Despite higher education's reputation as a bastion of political correctness, Indiana universities are defending a host of lawsuits brought by black employees who say they were denied opportunities because of their race. More...
When community college is free
Does free community college work? An experiment in Chicago suggests that the answer is yes. More...
Colleges must not turn back the clock on efforts to combat sexual assault
When I was a student in the 1970s and 1980s, it was not uncommon for male professors to use their classroom authority to initiate sexual relations with their students. More...
Internet2, Mythics to bring Oracle Cloud to universities nationwide
Mythics, Inc. an award-winning consulting firm, managed services provider and Platinum level member of the Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), today announced it entered into an agreement with Internet2 to launch a provisional service as part of the Internet2 Cloud Services Program. More...
The coming tidal wave of higher education disruption
The educational environment has seen a dramatic shift to reflect the evolution of technology. What if the next step was to take the familiarity of a classroom and turn that into virtual reality. More...
America is more diverse than ever before, but its schools are growing more segregated
America’s school-age population is more diverse than ever before, reflecting the demographic shift rapidly taking place in our country. America’s schools, however, are more segregated than they have been for decades. More...
Community colleges in Southwest Virginia sobered by retention report
A stark trend in statewide community college student retention and degree completion was given quantifiable meaning last week when the commonwealth’s Joint Legislative Audit & Review Commission released a report detailing how and at what rate students are slipping through academic cracks. More...
The early decision racket, redux
To take your mind off politics, at least politics of the national-election variety, let’s take a look back on some of the oddities of the American college-admissions process, for which millions of families are gearing up right now. More...