By Scott Jaschik. MLA members protest new state law at Texas Capitol -- and argue that guns have no place in college classrooms. Read more...
21 janvier 2016
21 janvier 2016
21 Percent of Undergraduate Women Have Been Sexually Assaulted in College, Survey Finds
By Andy Thomason. A survey of students on nine campuses found that 21 percent of female undergraduates reported having been sexually assaulted since starting college. On one campus, that proportion was 38 percent. More...
21 janvier 2016
Transfer System From 2-Year to 4-Year Colleges Isn’t Working, Report Says
By Katherine Mangan. Only 14 percent of the students who start out in a community college transfer to a four-year university and earn a bachelor’s degree within six years, according to a report released on Tuesday by three groups that are studying ways to plug the leaky pipeline between two- and four-year colleges. More...
21 janvier 2016
Obama Calls for Pell Grant Changes to Accelerate Progress Toward Degrees
By Charles Huckabee. To help students make quicker progress toward earning degrees, the Obama administration is calling for a significant expansion of the Pell Grant program that would make the grants available year-round and reward students who take a full schedule of courses each semester. More...
21 janvier 2016
You Won the Powerball. How Many of Higher Ed’s Problems Can You Solve?
By Rio Fernandes. If you missed the Great Lottery Craze of 2016, news broke overnight that three Powerball winning tickets for the $1.568-billion prize were sold to some very lucky people. More...
21 janvier 2016
Controversial Community-College Accreditor Was Noncompliant, Education Secretary Affirms
By Andy Thomason. The acting U.S. secretary of education, John B. King Jr., has upheld two findings of noncompliance against the agency that tried to strip City College of San Francisco of its accreditation. The San Francisco Examiner reports that Mr. King ruled on Monday that the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges was in violation of two federal criteria needed to accredit community colleges. More...
20 janvier 2016
What the Wheaton Controversy Means for Colleges’ Religious Identity
S. Alan Ray. Larycia A. Hawkins, a tenured professor of political science at Wheaton College of Illinois, was recently placed on administrative leave following statements she made about Muslim and Christian relations. More...
19 janvier 2016
Free higher education a right, not a gift – Bachelet
President Michelle Bachelet said last week that free higher education in Chile, which will come into effect in 2016 after 35 years during which all students paid tuition, "is a right, not a gift", reports Latino Fox News. Read more...
18 janvier 2016
State of the Union Address: Obama will ‘keep fighting’ for free community college
By Ellie Bothwell. But higher education was mentioned only briefly in the US president’s speech, finds Ellie Bothwell. More...
17 janvier 2016
Federated and affiliated colleges: different but (mainly) equal
By Moira MacDonald. Often misunderstood, federated and affiliated colleges offer distinct missions and a small-campus feel, plus the benefits of their larger partner universities. More...
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