By Jake New. One in four transgender students have experienced sexual assault since enrolling in college, according to a survey created by the Association of American Universities that provides one of the clearest looks yet at the prevalence of sexual violence among this especially vulnerable and often overlooked population of students. Read more...
Full Time, Off Tenure Track
By Josh Logue. Non-tenure-track, full-time faculty tend to like, and dislike, their jobs about as much as their tenure-track and tenured colleagues do, according to a new study published in the journal Education Policy Analysis Archives. Read more...
'Houston, We Have a Narrative'
By Josh Logue. The world of science has long been dogged with communication problems, like how to convince the world, for example, that humans really are changing the planet’s climate. Read more...
Do MOOCs Help?
By Carl Straumsheim. Unlike at colleges and universities, where students finish their studies and leave with a diploma, most learners who complete one of Coursera’s massive open online courses report benefits that help them in less measurable ways. Read more...
One in Four?
By Jake New. Nearly one-quarter of female undergraduate students who responded to a survey created by the Association of American Universities said they have experienced a sexual assault of some kind since enrolling in college. Read more...
Defunding for Diversity
By Jake New. Students at Wesleyan University are urging the student government there to defund the campus newspaper, The Wesleyan Argus, after it published an opinion essay written by a writer for the newspaper criticizing the Black Lives Matter movement. Read more...
In the Mind of a Student
By Jacqueline Thomsen. Imagine if schoolteachers and college professors were immediately able to identify how each of their students learns, what learning style works best for each child and what new topics he or she is struggling with. Read more...
Long Beach Promise Expands
By Ashley A. Smith. For the last seven years, Long Beach, Calif., has worked to develop a path from the earliest levels of public school to college by establishing a partnership among its city government, state university, community college and K-12 systems. Read more...
The Refugee Crisis and Higher Ed
By Elizabeth Redden. Of the more than four million Syrian refugees in the Middle East and North Africa, the Institute of International Education (IIE) estimates that as many as 450,000 are 18-22 years old. Of that group, it assumes based on prewar enrollment rates that 90,000 to 110,000 are qualified for university. Read more...
Anti-Asian Bias Claim Rejected
By Scott Jaschik. The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights -- concluding an investigation that started in 2006 and expanded in 2008 -- has cleared Princeton University of charges that it discriminates against Asian-American applicants. Read more...