By Ry Rivard. A theology professor who is a former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican is moving from one Roman Catholic university to another after an investigation found it likely that he sexually harassed a married couple where he now works. Read more...
By Ry Rivard. A private graduate college in Vermont stepped in to save a writing program axed by the University of Southern California. The Vermont College of Fine Arts offered to take over USC’s master's of professional writing program after the California private university announced it would end the program, citing a “business decision” amid an ongoing review of its Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. Read more...
By Ry Rivard. A new survey of 30,000 college graduates gives higher education leaders a chance to make their case that college isn’t all about jobs and income. The evidence from the largest survey of its kind is, however, mixed about whether colleges are doing enough to help students’ well-being in life, according a new measurement designed by Gallup and Purdue University. Read more...
By Paul Fain. Corinthian Colleges signaled on Wednesday that it was open to merging or selling off all or part of its business. But the embattled for-profit chain faces a tough market, as well as looming regulatory and legal challenges. The company’s various holdings now enroll 75,000 students, according to a corporate filing it released this week. Read more...
By Paul Fain. Some details are emerging on two bids for new accrediting bodies for non-college providers of higher education, such as online course creators or issuers of digital badges. The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) is an association that represents colleges and recognizes accrediting organizations. Read more...
By Peter Scott. British and American universities enjoy an enormous boost from our language's dominance. What if that were to change, asks Peter Scott. Being an English-speaking country is a blessing – and a curse. It is a blessing to be native speakers of the language of Shakespeare – and the language of world science and popular culture (and financial capitalism … well, maybe not). More...
By Libby Page. Welcome to our new hub for all students who have chosen to study far from home. Here's why we think the global movement of students is an important topic. Visit the new hub here. More...
By . A student blogger shares his experience of picking up a language and getting to grips with a different culture. I'm 19 and I recently moved to Belgium for my first year of university, studying chemistry at the Katholiek Universiteit Leuven. More...
By Mel Rohse and Dean D'Souza. Postdoc diaries: job-seeking graduates Mel and Dean turn to networking and publishing to impress prospective university employers. Although the Williams Syndrome Foundation has agreed to fund my research in the short term, and although I'm currently focusing on finishing off my thesis and submitting papers, I've recently been thinking about the longer term. More...
By . It's tough, it's exhausting and it'll leave you broke. But I'm glad I opted to do it, says Helen Crane, who did a postgrad degree. It happens at about this time every year. With dissertation deadlines looming, energy-drink dependence reaching critical levels and the library fast becoming a second home, the undergraduate's mind turns to an even more terrifying issue: "What am I going to do when it's all over?" More...
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