By Ashley A. Smith. Northeast Texas Community College is connecting small farmers with the area’s residents in hopes of helping the agriculture industry and promoting health in the region. Read more...
11 novembre 2016
11 novembre 2016
The Limits of Gossip
By David Matthews for Times Higher Education. Almost anyone who works in academe has to navigate a complex world of gossip and reputation, which in theory keeps certain types of bad behavior -- such as mistreating students or stealing ideas from colleagues -- in check. More...
11 novembre 2016
CFPB Filing in Accreditation Lawsuit
By Paul Fain. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has asked an appeals court to throw out a lower court's ruling that the federal agency lacks the authority to investigate accreditors' oversight of for-profit colleges, Politico reported. Read more...
11 novembre 2016
Phoenix Sale Delayed, Not Dead
By Paul Fain. Investors fret that the Education Department's lengthy scrutiny of the U of Phoenix's proposed sale means the deal might be nixed. Politics and optics might be reasons for the delay. Read more...
11 novembre 2016
Blackboard Study on How Instructors Use the LMS
By Paul Fain. Blackboard today released a study on how instructors and students in 70,000 courses across 927 institutions used Blackboard Learn, the company's learning management system. Read more...
11 novembre 2016
New America Paper on Predictive Analytics
By Paul Fain. New America today released a paper that analyzes the use of data to predict student success, so-called predictive analytics. Read more...
11 novembre 2016
Court Backs Harvard in Plagiarism Challenge
By Doug Lederman. Harvard University did not defame or breach a contract with a former law school student when it noted a plagiarism finding on her transcript, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. Read more...
11 novembre 2016
Forced Out (Constitutionally) for Facebook Comments
By Doug Lederman. Federal appeals court rules that Central Lakes College acted legally when it kicked a student out of a nursing program for comments deemed unprofessional and threatening. Read more...
11 novembre 2016
Education Dept. Backs Defunct For-Profit in Fight With Accreditor
By Doug Lederman. U.S. Education Secretary John King Jr. last week affirmed an administrative judge's March ruling that relieved now-defunct Decker College of a $31.6 million repayment the Education Department demanded the for-profit institution make in 2005. Read more...
11 novembre 2016
Media and Governance
By Doug Lederman.Do news media corporations actually function with eyes wide open? In today's Academic Minute, Robert Edgell of SUNY Polytechnic Institute examines this question. Read more...
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