By Contributor. MIT Professional Education announced today the expansion of its 2017 Short Programs. Business professionals around the globe can now register for three new courses debuting next summer. More...
8 janvier 2017
8 janvier 2017
Colleges using contingent faculty, but savings are modest
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Colleges are increasingly hiring lower-paid part-time and limited-term contingent faculty, who in 2013 made up more than half of all instructors in higher education, finds an American Institutes for Research (AIR) study for the TIAA Institute. More...
8 janvier 2017
Black college says band will play at inaugural parade
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. For a band at a tiny, little-known, historically black college, it seems in some ways to be the gig of a lifetime: a chance to march and perform at the Jan. 20 presidential inaugural parade in Washington. More...
8 janvier 2017
Bias training aims to improve university's executive, department searches
Submitted by Matt Zalaznick. For a year now, MU has required an unconscious bias training module for everyone involved in selecting candidates for faculty and academic positions within each college and the university as a whole. The training is used for searches both big and small, ranging from searches for high-ranking leadership positions to specific faculty positions within a certain college or department. More...
8 janvier 2017
Facilities backlogs on college campuses eclipse $100/square foot
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Facilities backlogs on the campuses of North American colleges and universities climbed to their highest point ever last year, according to a new report released today by Sightlines, a Gordian company and leader in facilities intelligence and analysis for higher education institutions. More...
8 janvier 2017
Getting to “E Pluribus Unum”
By David J. Smith. Colleges should establish a national exchange program that gives students the opportunity to get to know people in other parts of the country and in different settings, writes David J. Smith. Read more...
8 janvier 2017
ITT Students Seek Recognition in Bankruptcy Lawsuit
By Andrew Kreighbaum. A group of five former ITT Technical Institute students have filed a lawsuit in the Southern District of Indiana seeking to be named creditors in the defunct for-profit chain's bankruptcy proceedings. Read more...
8 janvier 2017
Unintended Consequences
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Months into the first year of an early FAFSA campaign, some campus financial aid offices are forced to sort out discrepancies arising from switch to prior-prior year income data. Read more...
7 janvier 2017
When Colleges Rely on Adjuncts, Where Does the Money Go?
By Scott Jaschik. Colleges and universities of all kinds are increasingly relying on non-tenure-track faculty members. And administrators frequently defend their hiring choices by citing money. Read more...
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