By Lindsay McKenzie. Arizona State University is partnering with ride-sharing company Uber to offer drivers tuition-free online degrees. More...
29 novembre 2018
Arizona State, Uber Offer Online Degrees for Drivers
‘Common Sense’ or ‘Sexist Trash’?
By Greg Toppo. Long Island University has made deep cuts in recent years, reorganizing departments while pouring more resources into new disciplines that officials hope will bring in new students and revenue. More...
‘Grow and Then Get More Efficient’
By Greg Toppo. Under pressure to close funding and enrollment gaps, a small, private liberal arts institution in New Jersey expands academic offerings, then proposes cutting noninstructional budgets. More...
Cash Cows No Longer
By Greg Toppo. As states compete for a shrinking group of freshmen, historic out-of-state tuition premiums may no longer be a sure source of income for state higher ed systems. More...
Connecting Data Science to ‘Almost Every Domain of Inquiry’
By Greg Toppo. As reach of big data and AI grows, UC Berkeley and Massachusetts Institute of Technology unveil plans for major expansions. More...
Did Rice Scholar Assist in Banned Research?
By Greg Toppo. University to investigate whether a physics and bioengineering professor was involved in a banned genome-editing procedure that allegedly produced the world's first genetically edited babies. More...
Rowan Relents on Sports Bras
By Emma Whitford. Rowan University clarified its long-standing verbal policy that required all athletes to wear shirts during practice after a viral article bashed the university for prohibiting female athletes from wearing only sports bras during workouts. More...
Another University Sells an Art Masterpiece
By Emma Whitford. A painting in the Stefan Zweig Collection at the State University of New York at Fredonia is up for auction today amid some faculty pushback. More...
J-School Leaders Say It's Time to Speak Out
By Emma Whitford. After remaining fairly silent about Trump's repeated attacks on the press, journalism school leaders are starting to speak up. More...
College Closures Due to Poor Air Quality
By Emma Whitford. While two wildfires continue to blaze in California, colleges have canceled classes and events to protect students from unsafe air quality in parts of the state, which, according to the pollution monitoring organization PurpleAir, is among the worst in the world. More...
