The University of Minnesota’s top faculty committee voted 7 to 2 last week to provisionally support a statement backing free speech on campus as the institution’s “paramount value,” according to The Washington Post. Read more...
27 mars 2016
Minnesota Faculty Panel Affirms On-Campus Free Speech
Education Department May Ban Mandatory Arbitration
The U.S. Department of Education is considering a proposal that would prohibit colleges from including mandatory arbitration clauses in their enrollment agreements with students, the department announced Friday. Read more...
Opening Up the 'Black Box' of Higher Ed Finances
Colleges and universities should embrace a new financial model in which campus financial data are linked to student outcomes information and shared much more transparently with key campus constituencies, a new report from the American Council on Education and the TIAA-CREF Institute argues. Read more...
Human Terrain System May Be Alive, After All
The Human Terrain System was controversial throughout its history -- and that history may still be going on. The program set off intense debates among anthropologists and other social scientists when the U.S. Army in 2005-6 introduced the idea of embedding scholars with military units in Iraq and Afghanistan. Read more...
HBCU Missing in Albany State's Mission Statement
When the University System of Georgia in November announced plans to merge Albany State University and nearby Darton State College, officials said that the combined institution would preserve Albany State's mission as a historically black institution. Read more...
U.S. Senate Confirms John King as Education Secretary
The U.S. Senate has confirmed John B. King Jr. as the nation’s 10th secretary of education. Read more...
Education Dept. Fires Law Firm Overseeing Zenith Group
The U.S. Department of Education plans to replace the law firm that has been overseeing Zenith Education Group’s operation of the campuses it purchased from the now-defunct Corinthian Colleges. Read more...
Delaware State Ends 23 Academic Programs
Delaware State University will cut 23 majors this fall, The Wilmington News Journal reported.
The 23 majors, which represent a quarter of the university’s programs, were chosen based on their low enrollment numbers. Read more...
An 'Internal Boycott' in Israel
The leader of the Israeli Sociological Society said he is implementing a 2011 decision by the group’s general assembly to refrain from academic cooperation with Ariel University, which is located in an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Read more...
U.S. Government Further Eases Cuba Sanctions
The U.S. Departments of Commerce and Treasury on Tuesday announced changes to sanctions regulations against Cuba that will further loosen restrictions on travel to the island and allow Cuban nationals in the U.S. to earn salaries or stipends. Read more...
