By Ashley A. Smith. DeVry Education Group and DeVry University agreed to settle a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit regarding the for-profit institution's use of employment statistics in advertising. Read more...
17 décembre 2016
17 décembre 2016
The High School Graduate Plateau
By Rick Seltzer. High school graduates are projected to come from increasingly diverse backgrounds, even as overall levels plateau -- posing a challenge for colleges and universities. Read more...
17 décembre 2016
Completion and the Value of College
By Paul Fain. The college completion agenda reaches an inflection point as the Obama administration ends and the nation increasingly focuses on jobs and college value. Experts assess shifts in the completion push and what comes next. Read more...
17 décembre 2016
Colorado Heights University Will Close
By Paul Fain. Colorado Heights University, a private nonprofit institution located in Denver, will shut down next year, The Denver Post reported. The small university enrolls mostly international students. Read more...
17 décembre 2016
Burden of Proof in the Balance
By Jake New. If Trump administration changes the rules on colleges’ obligations in adjudicating sex assault charges, will institutions change their policies? Read more...
17 décembre 2016
OCR Receives Record Number of Complaints
By Jake New. The number of complaints filed last year with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights soared to a record 16,720, according to a report the department released Thursday. The number of complaints was a 61 percent increase over the previous year's total. Read more...
16 décembre 2016
Ottawa seeks scientist to advise Trudeau, cabinet
By Ivan Semeniuk. On Monday, Science Minister Kirsty Duncan revealed the long-awaited job posting for a chief science adviser – a role, she said, that will involve providing the prime minister and cabinet with “access to independent scientific analysis” to aid their decision-making. Read more...16 décembre 2016
‘Is It Safe?’ Foreign Students Consider College in Donald Trump’s U.S.
By . At a college fair on Wednesday at the Le Méridien hotel here, 20 American universities made their pitches to aspiring students, many of whom had long hoped to study in the United States. But as the students checked out presentations from colleges ranging from the State University of New York at Binghamton to Abilene Christian University in Texas, several expressed concerns about going to America under a Donald J. Trump administration. Read more...16 décembre 2016
Scientists to PM: limited, biased science threatens Canada
By CBC News. Secretive, biased and scientifically sloppy. That is the state of environmental assessments - in this country - according more than 1700 early-career Canadian scientists. They are particularly worried about large-scale developments, some of them energy projects. Read more...
14 décembre 2016
Atwood, Ondaatje call for probe into firing of UBC prof
By Marsha Lederman.Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje and more than 60 other members of the Canadian literary community have signed an open letter to UBC demanding due process for Steven Galloway and an investigation into how the university has handled his case. Read more.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)