By Andy Thomason. A small, private college is set to join a sliver of American higher-education institutions that give all of their students jobs and, in exchange, reduce their tuition, The Texas Tribune reports. Paul Quinn College, a historically black college in Dallas, will give each of its roughly 300 students jobs at the institution or with local businesses. More...
By John Quiggin. Every year, U.S. News & World Report, Times Higher Education,and othersupdate university rankings. Reactions are paradoxical. On the one hand, university administrators and faculty members scan the lists for evidence of small movements up or down. On the other hand, everyone knows that the top 10, or 20, or 50 names will be much the same as they have always been. More...
By Jeffrey R. Young. Steve Jobs was tired, and he didn’t seem thrilled to be sitting down for an interview with The Chronicle. He was at a conference for college computing administrators, and he had just finished facing tough questions from higher-education leaders who wanted reassurance that Apple Computer was getting its act together. More...
By Patrick Wintour and Frances Perraudin. Pressure builds on Ed Miliband to set out Labour’s plans for tuition fees, which may see fees cut to £6,000. More...
By . What’s really happened is that fewer men – not more women– are studying for PhDs, new US research reveals. More...
By Lucy Jolin. The OU pioneered the distance learning form and is still the UK’s main provider – in 2013/14, there were 210,005 UK-based students studying for both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in the UK, of which 150,255 were with the OU. But other UK universities are starting to see the potential of online courses that can offer all the academic rigour and support of a face-to-face degree without the inflexibility – to students all around the world. More...
By Anonymous. When university staff report a mental health problem, many institutions are unsympathetic and fail to recognise it as a legitimate illness. More...
By Anonymous. I teach at a ‘non-profit’ school seeking to adopt the for-profit higher education model. Students shouldn’t be paying for a low-quality degree. More...
By Patrick Wintour. Lord Mandelson argues any reform must ensure funding for universities is sustained as party debates proposed cut in tuition fees from £9,000 to £6,000. More...
By Christopher Murray. Comics have a long and rich history, but it’s only now that courses and research are laying proud claim to the discipline. More...
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