The year ahead could usher in significant changes in the federal government’s role in higher education. Events set in motion in 2017 will loom large, though resolutions may be years in the making. More...
6 janvier 2018
6 janvier 2018
Suit claims university, sorority and party host are liable in student's 2013 death
Shortly after midnight on Oct. 18, 2013, 19-year-old Ethan P. Connolly, a sophomore at the University of Delaware, was fatally hit by a truck while walking across Del. 896. More...
6 janvier 2018
Missouri Expands Performance Funding for Public Colleges
By Paul Fain. Missouri's Coordinating Board for Higher Education this week voted to expand a performance-funding formula for public institutions, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. More...
6 janvier 2018
Another Shot at Becoming a Nonprofit
By Ashley A. Smith. Officials at the for-profit Grand Canyon University are announcing today that they will attempt another conversion to nonprofit status and have submitted an application to the institution's accreditor. More...
6 janvier 2018
Civil Liberties Group Sues Essex College
By Ashley A. Smith. A nonprofit civil rights watchdog group filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Essex County College in New Jersey for failing to respond to multiple open-records requests. The group, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, or FIRE, requested the information after an adjunct professor was fired following her appearance on Fox News last summer. More...
6 janvier 2018
ETS Cuts Pay for Some Test Raters
By Scott Jaschik. The Educational Testing Service sent an email to those who work as "raters" of the Graduate Record Exam and other tests this week telling them that their hourly pay is being cut from $20 to $15. Some of those who reached out to Inside Higher Ed said they were not happy about the change. More...
6 janvier 2018
La Salle Criticized Over Plans to Sell Art
By Scott Jaschik. La Salle University, facing a budget deficit, plans to sell 43 paintings from its collection, with hopes of raising $7 million, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Local arts advocates are criticizing the move. More...
6 janvier 2018
Who Is Studying Online (and Where)
By Doug Lederman. New federal data show continued growth in online course taking in 2016, even as overall college enrollments were flat or falling. Big gainers: Western Governors and Arizona State. Big losers: the big for-profits. More...
6 janvier 2018
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
Scott McLemee explores the Library of Congress’s recent announcement that it will no longer be a repository of every public posting to Twitter. More...
3 janvier 2018
#2: 5 major ways Trump’s proposed education budget would impact schools, students
If “near-final” documents obtained by The Washington Post are true, education would see deep cuts to the tune of more than $10 billion under President Donald Trump’s education budget. The budget is set to be released as early as Tuesday. More...
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