By Rebecca Shabad. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday called for a “revolution” in higher education funding that would involve free tuition for freshmen and sophomores at all public colleges and universities.
“We need a revolution in the way higher education is funded,” Sanders said at Johnson State College, a public school in Vermont, according to his office. More...

By Conor Friedersdorf. Having argued that Marquette University is wrong to strip Professor John McAdams of tenure, setting precedents that are likely to undermine academic freedom, I'd like to set aside the debate about whether or not he should've been terminated and take up the question of how disagreements on campus ought to unfold.
For those just coming to the story, McAdams published a blog post last November criticizing a Marquette graduate student in her capacity as an instructor of undergraduates. More...

By David Slocum. I recently had the opportunity to speak at an event dedicated to ‘The Talent Revolution’ and organized by the Google Digital Academy. Most of the other speakers and attendees were from industry and shared insights and practices of talent recruitment, development, and retention. More...

By Keith Brown. A Princeton University alum has bequeathed to the school his collection of 2,500 rare books worth an estimated worth of $300 million - the largest single donation in the school's history, officials said.
William H. Scheide, a 1936 graduate, died in November. He was 100 years old. The Scheide Library, housed in the university's Firestone Library and available to students since 1959, contains the 1455 Gutenberg Bible, the original printing of the Declaration of Independence, Shakespeare's first, second, third and fourth folios and an 1856 autographed speech by Abraham Lincoln, among others, according to a university release. More...

By Rhett Allain. What is the goal of a university? Why do humans get college degrees? Here are some common options for why a human should go to college and earn a degree.

• Humans should earn a degree so that they can get good grades. You might think this is a joke of a reason, but it’s not. Many people actually think this way.
• Get a degree to get a job.
• Get a degree to prepare you for a job (this is slightly different than the previous).
• Go to college to learn to think – critical thinking skills.
• Graduate from college with a degree to boost the university’s graduation rate.
• College is all about the party and fun times. Meet some people too.

But what do I think is the reason to go to college? I pretty much agree with Chris Lee in this very insightful post about higher education. We like to say that the structure of courses in a university degree program are designed to promote critical thinking, but this isn’t always true. More...

By Yesenia Robles. Almost two years after Colorado passed a law allowing some college students in the country illegally to get in-state tuition, support to help those students navigate financial aid continues to grow. When Senate Bill 33, also known as the ASSET bill, was signed into law, Colorado students meeting certain requirements became eligible for in-state tuition, cheaper than the out-of-state tuition they were required to pay at most schools. More...

By Caleb Diehl. When about 40 students in Sydney, Australia — trying to keep their higher education system from becoming like that in the United States — entered a building where Education Minister Christopher Pyne was this week, police responded with pepper spray. More...

By Stefanie Botelho. Vista Higher Learning, the leading higher education publisher focused exclusively on language instruction, today announced the release of Portales, an interactive online program for teaching and learning Spanish at the college level. Created by Vista’s team of language education experts, Portales provides educators with a variety of resources to meet the unique needs of online learners. More...