janvier 2016

By Kellie Woodhouse. Gay and lesbian presidents report more acceptance than ever with the legalization of gay marriage. Read more...

By Kellie Woodhouse. The University of Oregon is scaling back a multimillion-dollar branding campaign, much to the delight of faculty members. Read more...

By Kellie Woodhouse. The University of Oregon is scaling back a multimillion-dollar branding campaign, much to the delight of faculty members. Read more...

By Kellie Woodhouse. A new report from the Delta Cost Project reveals how much more heavily institutions rely on tuition dollars since the recession. Read more...

By Michael Stratford. The Obama administration looks to a former federal consumer protection official -- and frequent critic -- to help improve the federal student loan program. Read more...

By Ashley A. Smith. City College of San Francisco for years has been facing an accreditation crisis linked to its finances, and the accreditation woes may have contributed to a new fiscal management problem. Read more...

By Paul Fain. The Education Department's inspector general is auditing Western Governors U over the faculty role in its competency-based programs. The high-stakes audit is relevant to other colleges and forms of online learning. Read more...

By Josh Logue. New online identification system for federal financial aid sacrifices ease of use for security, critics say, hurting low-income students. Read more...

By Carl Straumsheim. The scholarly database JSTOR may soon have to add more letters to its acronym. If its expansion into books continues to grow, “Journal Storage” may no longer be an appropriate name. Read more...

By Carl Straumsheim. A recent patent application by Khan Academy is raising questions about whether teaching methods can be patented, but patent law experts see the move as an influential player fortifying its position in the market. Ultimately, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will have the last say. Read more...

By Colleen Flaherty. U.S. representative shares a previously confidential report about sexual harassment by an astronomy professor who went on to teach elsewhere and announces plan to require colleges to tell other institutions about such findings. Read more...