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24 novembre 2017

DeVry Parent Company Makes Pledges to Students

By Ashley A. Smith. Adtalem Global Education this week announced the results of an independent review of progress on 21 commitments the company made to students on issues of recruitment, enrollment, student outcomes and informed student choice. More...

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24 novembre 2017

Using Promise to Rebuild

By Ashley A. Smith. Baltimore’s struggling two-year college considers a tuition-free program while undergoing a state-mandated reorganization. But some experts question what level of quality they’re offering students for free. More...

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24 novembre 2017

Many Trustees See Faculty as Barrier to Change

By Rick Seltzer. College and university trustees widely agree that the public’s perception of higher education has been eroding and that higher education’s business model needs to change -- but many see significant barriers to putting changes in place. More...

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24 novembre 2017

Calling Off a Classic

By Colleen Flaherty. Knox College in Illinois this week canceled a planned production of Bertolt Brecht’s The Good Person of Szechwan, based on student protests that it is racially insensitive. More...

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24 novembre 2017

When Professors Cross Lines

By Colleen Flaherty. Senior faculty members on three campuses face disciplinary action or resign over harassment allegations. Some observers see movement in the right direction but say academe still has a ways to go in ending the “academic casting couch.” More...

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24 novembre 2017

When Things Get Personal

By Colleen Flaherty. Professors at Purdue accuse President Mitch Daniels of deflecting attention away from his “inaction” on white supremacy on campus by smearing a professor’s reputation. More...

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24 novembre 2017

Korean Scholar Fined for Work on ‘Comfort Women’

By Elizabeth Redden. A professor was found guilty in a South Korean court of defamation for her writings challenging conventional wisdom on the euphemistically termed “comfort women,” women who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese during World War II, the BBC reported. More...

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24 novembre 2017

Issues for Trump's OCR Nominee: Sexual Assault and… Israel

By Elizabeth Redden. Many victims’ rights and civil rights groups are reserving judgment on Trump’s pick to lead the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights, but advocates for Palestinian rights say his appointment could chill campus speech critical of Israel. More...

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23 novembre 2017

Persona Non Grata

By Nick Roll. Syllabus at Duke barred staffers of campus paper from class on hedge funds.
There’s just one small catch, found six bullet points down on the front page of the course syllabus. More...

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23 novembre 2017

Kennesaw State Reverses Cheerleader Change

By Nick Roll. Kennesaw State University has reversed the change to its pre-game policy that took the cheerleaders off the field during the playing of the national anthem. More...

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