Stability and Modest Growth Expected for U.S. Colleges
Stability and modest growth. That's what U.S. colleges and universities can expect over the next year to 18 months, according to a 2016 outlook by credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service. Read more...
Udemy to Review Copyright Policies
Online course marketplace Udemy on Saturday pledged to review its copyright policies after subject matter experts said their online content had been uploaded to the site without their permission, the BBC reported. Read more...
Harvard Law Will Study Whether to Change Seal
Martha Minow, the law dean at Harvard University, on Monday announced that she had appointed a panel to study whether the law school should change its seal, which many black students and others say honors a man with a terrible history. Read more...
Lawmakers Drop Change to Finance Law That Would Help EDMC
Congressional negotiators appear to have abandoned plans to attach to a large transportation bill moving through Congress this week a provision that would have helped Education Management Corporation in a dispute with one of its bondholders over the for-profit college’s debt restructuring. Read more...
English or Afrikaans at a South African University?
Stellenbosch University’s governing council has set aside a November proposal by university management to elevate English above Afrikaans as the institution’s primary language of instruction and communication in favor of keeping a 2014 policy that grants the languages equal status. Read more...
Blackboard Acquires Analytics Company Blue Canary
Learning management system provider Blackboard is once again turning to acquisitions to bolster its analytics capabilities. The company on Tuesday announced it had acquired Blue Canary, which specializes in retention analytics by using data to determine if students are at risk of failing courses or skipping classes. Read more...
Doubts Raised on Findings on Low-Income Students
Many educators have expressed concern about the findings in a new analysis from the American Council on Education, which note a significant drop since 2008 in the proportion of low-income recent high school graduates who enroll in college. Read more...
Study: 40 Percent of Young Adults Receive Financial Help From Parents
Students who attend four-year institutions and are from high socioeconomic backgrounds are more likely to rely on financial help from their parents than those who did not attend college or those from less affluent backgrounds, according to a new study published in the journal Social Currents. Read more...
NYT Urges Princeton to Drop Wilson Name
Student protests at Princeton University have led the university to agree to consider removing Woodrow Wilson's name from a residential college and school of public policy at the university. Read more...
'Brain Boomerang' for Chinese Science
Increasing numbers of young Chinese scientists intend to study outside their home country, but to return within five years, according to a survey that is part of Nature Publishing Group's new paper, "Turning Point: Chinese Science in Transition." Read more...
