By Scott Jaschik. Macmillan Learning this week announced the acquisition of Intellus Learning. Macmillan is the publisher of a range of education materials. Read more...
23 janvier 2017
Macmillan Learning Acquires Intellus Learning
New 'Common Rule' for Research
By Scott Jaschik. University leaders praise regulation for leaving out provisions on biospecimens opposed by many as too burdensome. Social scientists see some gains for their studies. Read more...
Trump Considers Gelernter for Science Adviser
By Scott Jaschik. David Gelernter (right), an outspoken Yale University professor, is under consideration as a science adviser to the Trump administration, The Washington Post reported. Read more...
Education Deans Issue Principles for U.S. Policy
By Scott Jaschik. More than 175 current and former deans of education have issued a statement of principles that they say should guide federal policy on public education. The document focuses on elementary and secondary education, but also touches on issues related to higher education. Read more...
Two Tuition-Free Years
By Scott Jaschik. Rhode Island governor proposes plan for the state's community college, and for junior and senior years at Rhode Island College and University of Rhode Island. Read more...
'Society Must Be Defended'
By Scott Jaschik. Anthropologists and other scholars plan read-in of Michel Foucault to mark inauguration of Donald Trump. Read more...
'Reparation and Reconciliation'
By Scott Jaschik. Author discusses book about efforts in the post-Civil War era to create colleges in the South that educated men and women, black students and white students together. Read more...
Obama References Colleges in Discussing 'Bubbles'
By Scott Jaschik. In his farewell speech Tuesday night, President Obama spoke frequently of idealism and in particular that of young people. But he also included college campuses among those parts of American society where many people may be too insular in the groups in which they spend time. Read more...
Big Koch Foundation Grant to Black College Group
By Scott Jaschik. Charles Koch is giving -- through his foundation and business -- $25.6 million to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund to support research by scholars at historically black colleges on education, criminal justice and entrepreneurship in areas that face high crime rates, The Washington Post reported. Read more...
Study Finds Variation in Costs by Different Majors
By Scott Jaschik. Using data from Florida's public four-year colleges and universities, a new study released by the National Bureau of Economic Research (abstract available here) finds wide variation in the costs to institutions associated with various majors. More...
