By Charles Huckabee. Syracuse University announced on Tuesday that it was prohibiting the direct investment of its endowment funds in coal mining and other fossil-fuel companies. Student-led groups have been lobbying the university to make such a commitment for the past two years. More...
By Andy Thomason. Jones International University, a for-profit online college based in Colorado, will close because of declining enrollment, The Denver Post reports. From 2011 to 2014, enrollment at the institution dropped by more than 50 percent. More...
By Andy Thomason. The U.S. Education Department on Friday released an updated list of colleges that are subject to heightened cash monitoring, an extra level of financial scrutiny. The department identified about two dozen institutions that had been redacted from an earlier version of the list, which the department released on Tuesday. The updated list includes institutions that face heightened cash monitoring as of March 1. More...
By Andy Thomason. The U.S. Justice Department has reached a settlement with edX, the prominent MOOC provider, to bring it into compliance with federal antidiscrimination laws.
According to the terms of the agreement, edX will make its website and learning-management system fully accessible to the disabled within 18 months; ensure that the system used to create online courses is also accessible within 18 months; and create two new positions to oversee accessibility, among other things. As part of the agreement, edX denied it was not in compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act. More...
By Andy Thomason. A terrorist attack on a university in Kenya left 147 people dead, including four attackers, The New York Times reports.
CNN reported Thursday morning that the terrorist group Al Shabab had claimed responsibility for the attack on the Garissa University College campus. More...
By Andy Thomason. Students in China will soon be eligible to receive Rhodes scholarships, the Rhodes Trust announced on Monday. The first group of recipients from mainland China will be selected this year for the program, which sends students to the University of Oxford for two years of postgraduate education. More...
By Lance Lambert. Community colleges have recently been thrust to the forefront of higher-education policy. From state lawmakers pushing new ways to answer work-force needs, to President Obama’s proposal to make the colleges free, the attention on community colleges is sharpening. More...
By Casey Fabris. In free online courses offered by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, teachers are increasingly the students. A study by the two universities has found that teachers are enrolling in their MOOCs in high numbers. More...
By Casey Fabris. Like many colleges these days, Northeastern University is building an outpost in Silicon Valley. But the university touts its unusual approach, opening an education “hub” within a high-tech company. More...
By James L. Doti. In “New Rankings Paint a False Picture of Arab Universities” (The Chronicle, March 30), thank you for clarifying that U.S. News will continue to develop the Best Arab Region Universities methodology. As described here, U.S. News is bringing to the Arab region university community the same depth of study that has become important to parents, students, and policymakers in the U.S., using our experience of publishing the Best Colleges rankings in the U.S. for more than 30 years. More...
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