By Paul Fain. A large and growing share of job candidates are assessed directly by potential employers on job-related competencies, experts from Ithaka S+R write in a new report. This practice allows employers to supplement or even skip traditional hiring criteria, including the focus on college credentials. More...
Yale to Offer Coding Boot Camp
By Paul Fain. Yale University is partnering with the Flatiron School to offer a web-development boot camp, the university announced on Friday. Students who the complete 10-week summer session will receive two credits from Yale. More...
Scrutinizing Banks' Deals With Colleges for Student Accounts
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Analysis shows students are charged higher fees on prepaid accounts when colleges are paid to promote the accounts. But report indicates improvements for students after 2015 rule added new protections. More...
A Tidal Wave of Vitriol
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. While Ohio State's president considered what to do about a wildly successful head coach accused of looking the other way at domestic abuse by his assistant, he received plenty of advice. We read those emails. More...
An Anti-Union (Liberal) College?
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. At Grinnell College, an unexpected and contentious fight has emerged between administrators of a proudly progressive institution and the country's only independent union of undergraduate student workers. More...
A Cappella and Consent
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. A Princeton a cappella group won't sing "Kiss the Girl" from The Little Mermaid after complaints that its performance made audience members uncomfortable. More...
Another Case of Eating While Black
By Colleen Flaherty. A professor at Virginia Commonwealth University is not teaching after he allegedly called campus security on a black adjunct professor eating breakfast in a classroom last month, NBC 12 reported. More...
Farewell to the Cartoon Caption Contest
By Doug Lederman. Six years ago, in 2012, Inside Higher Ed introduced its Cartoon Caption Contest, which we hoped would entertain and engage our readers with an alternative to our usual weighty reportage and commentary. More...
Getting Small-Group Work Right
Small-group work is perhaps the most touted recommendation in the world of teaching. It is a foundational method for building inclusive classrooms and lies at the heart of some of the most innovative approaches to teaching currently in vogue, such as active learning and student-centered learning. More...
You Can’t Pour From an Empty Cup
As the semester comes to a close, Anthony Ocampo and Kerry Ann Rockquemore share five strategies for academics experiencing “outrage fatigue.” More...