By Carl Straumsheim. “I wish Gina would die!! aaaargh! I think I might kill her tomorrow! Stick a knife rihht in her! LOL!"By Michael Stratford. The U.S. Department of Education on Monday released its rankings of the most and least expensive colleges in the country -- an annual ritual that some lawmakers are eyeing for elimination in the coming reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. Read more...By Scott Jaschik. Women are earning half of the doctorates in the life sciences these days, theoretically a major success for those wanting to diversify the faculties of STEM departments. But that success has never extended to the faculty ranks. Read more...By Michael Stratford. Federal and state regulators on Tuesday ordered a Chicago bank to pay a total of $4.1 million over its relationship with the campus debit card provider Higher One, which officials accused of misleading and deceiving students. Read more...By Carl Straumsheim. A former adjunct instructor at Central Michigan University is suing a student for parodying him on Twitter, setting up a legal battle between @levittlaw and @levittlawyer. Read more...By Ry Rivard. Private colleges are continuing unabated their strategy of setting high sticker prices while giving most of their students steep discounts, according to the latest survey of private colleges by the National Association of College and University Business Officers. The colleges, many of which are struggling to meet enrollment goals, are taking in only 54 cents for every $1 they claim to charge in tuition. Read more...By Holly Else for Times Higher Education. Internationalizing the doctoral training process could help to overcome negative perceptions about the employability of Ph.D. students outside academia, said participants at a recent conference. Read more...By Doug Lederman. Like many of his predecessors, Education Secretary Arne Duncan is known mostly as a K-12 person; that’s his background and clearly his passion, and much of the department’s work is in what happens to students before they get to college. And not surprisingly, as a result, his public speeches and statements tend to veer toward K-12 (and increasingly early education) more than higher education. Read more...By Ry Rivard. Embark, whose software helps colleges to process online applications, has owed graduate and professional schools millions of dollars and misled university officials about why it wasn’t quickly paying up, a former executive of the company is alleging amid an ongoing legal dispute. Read more...
By Rebecca Ratcliffe. By the next decade, there will be 800,000 more pupils in secondary schools. Now is the time to study to become a teacher. Pubs converted into classrooms, recession-hit stores made into temporary schools, sports pitches moved to rooftop areas – the UK's growing school-age population is being shoehorned into every available space. More...
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