By Scott Jaschik. Blog post about a scholar's anti-thank-you has lots of people talking. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. MLA members protest new state law at Texas Capitol -- and argue that guns have no place in college classrooms. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. At her college, when she started teaching not that long ago, there were 122 English majors, said a professor in the audience at a panel here at the annual meeting of the Modern Language Association. Read more...

By Josh Logue. Britain, 60 airlines and a dozen universities have this in common: restrictions or outright bans on hoverboards. Read more...

By Michael Stratford. A chief architect of the Obama administration’s College Scorecard and its recent executive actions on accreditation reflects on her tenure at the Education Department. Read more...

By Carl Straumsheim. Copyright experts say U.S. Supreme Court is unlikely to take up the Authors Guild's case against Google, a decision that likely would end more than a decade of litigation. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. Professors differ on how much their grading should be based on tests, written assignments, labs, class participation and other factors. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. Lobbying by higher education leaders didn't prevent Texas lawmakers from passing a new law to allow people to carry weapons on campus -- including in classroom buildings and dormitories. Some students are planning a protest involving dildos (which apparently one can't carry openly on Texas campuses) to draw attention to what they see as the absurdity of the new law. Read more...