By Scott Jaschik. Like many academic groups, the Association of Writers & Writing Programs faces scrutiny over whether its meetings reflect the diversity of members. Read more...
30 août 2015
30 août 2015
ACT Scores Are Flat
By Scott Jaschik. ACT scores in 2015 were flat -- with a continuation of recent patterns of significant gaps in the average scores by race and ethnicity. Read more...
30 août 2015
Men Who Admire Their Own Work
By Scott Jaschik. Numerous studies have found that men are more likely to think highly of themselves and their talents than are women when they evaluate themselves. Read more...
30 août 2015
Saida Grundy, Moving Forward
By Scott Jaschik. In May, when Saida Grundy found herself being skewered by the conservative blogosphere, Fox News and others, she made a point not to read or listen to most of the commentary. Read more...
30 août 2015
Who Gets Credit?
By Scott Jaschik. If you are reading a research paper, and scan the authors (in some disciplines, an increasingly long list), do you know who played a meaningful role in the work. Read more...
30 août 2015
Dream Deferred or Dashed in Israel
By Elizabeth Redden. In the fall of 2013, Texas A&M University announced its plan to build a branch campus -- a “peace campus” -- in the predominantly Arab city of Nazareth in northern Israel. Then Texas Governor (and current Republican presidential contender) Rick Perry and Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp led the Aggie delegation to Israel, where they announced their intention to build a comprehensive campus in Nazareth during a signing ceremony in the residence of Israel's then president, Shimon Peres. Read more...
30 août 2015
Rutgers coach addresses questions as university confirms investigation
By Stefanie Botelho. Hours after offering a brief statement on an NJ Advance Media report detailing a university investigation into the severity of an email that Rutgers coach Kyle Flood allegedly sent from a personal account to a faculty member regarding the status of cornerback Nadir Barnwell, Flood answered questions regarding the report Tuesday. More...
30 août 2015
The 25 healthiest colleges in the U.S.
By Stefanie Botelho. There are lots of ways to rate these colleges, from the quality of academics to the party scene. We think an important—and often overlooked—metric is how healthy a university is. More...
30 août 2015
11 bizarre college courses we actually want to take
By Stefanie Botelho. With the school year starting up again, NewsFeed looks back at some of the most unusual courses that have been offered at colleges and universities nationwide in recent years. More...
30 août 2015
Write college funding into the constitution?
By Stefanie Botelho. Could a constitutional amendment help stabilize college funding in Virginia?
That was a question debated Monday by presidents of public universities as they discussed proposed initiatives to support the goals of The Virginia Plan for Higher Education, which was approved last year by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia. More...
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