By Nick Hazelrigg. At Metropolitan State University, the Student Senate fell apart after continued internal disputes and arguments with the administration over vacant minority affairs positions. More...
The Limited Role of Evidence in Ed-Tech Decisions
By Lindsay McKenzie. A research study finds many higher ed institutions are selecting expensive new ed-tech tools without strong evidence they improve student learning. More...
Linking Liability
By Lindsay McKenzie. There is little dispute that Sci-Hub, the website that provides free access to millions of proprietary academic papers, is illegal. Yet, despite being successfully sued twice by major American academic publishers for massive copyright infringement, the site continues to operate. More...
Priming for Amazon
By Lindsay McKenzie. Two Virginia universities announced ambitious expansions when Amazon selected its second headquarters. Nine months on, Virginia Tech has made more progress than George Mason in securing funding. More...
SNHU Recognizes Salesforce Skills
By Lindsay McKenzie. Southern New Hampshire University will award college credit to students who complete Salesforce training. More...
Changing Spaces
By Lindsay McKenzie. For-profit universities have for years offered in-person classes at campus locations to supplement their online curricula. But with in-person enrollments dwindling, some are rethinking the role these places play. More...
Amazon Op-Ed Divides Opinions
By Lindsay McKenzie. A prominent economist wrote a favorable op-ed about the arrival of Amazon’s second headquarters in Northern Virginia but failed to disclose that the company had asked him to write it. Were his actions unethical. More...
The Texas Tech K-12 Pipeline
By Lindsay McKenzie. Texas Tech University created a K-12 school more than 25 years ago, but the school’s potential as a source of future university students is just starting to be realized. More...
“Big Deal” Database Launched
By Lindsay McKenzie. Details of the “big deals” struck by university libraries and academic publishers have now been published as part of the Big Deal Knowledge Base. More...
California Scientists Pull Support for Elsevier Journals
By Lindsay McKenzie. Thirty academics from the University of California system have said they will no longer provide editorial services to publisher Elsevier’s highly influential Cell Press journals. More...