By Serena Klempin. Higher education is increasingly looking to technology as a means of tackling persistent equity challenges and improving student outcomes. Yet technology in and of itself is not a solution -- unless people use technology to create new systems, behaviors and student experiences. Read more...

By Anonymous. My first adjunct job interview was at a local technical college. When the dean told me that he and his assistant would evaluate my interview and teaching demo, I found it unusual, since neither had a background that qualified them to assess my ability to teach in my subject area. Read more...

By Scott McLemee. The impending collapse of civilization should, as Samuel Johnson said about being hanged in a fortnight, wonderfully concentrate the mind. For most of the interview subjects whose responses Matthew Schneider-Mayerson analyzes in Peak Oil: Apocalyptic Environmentalism and Libertarian Political Culture (University of Chicago Press), that collapse is inevitable, if not already underway. Read more...

By John Thelin. “Endowments ’R’ Us!” Now that’s a fitting motto for American higher education.
College and university presidents like large endowments for both their real and symbolic benefits. Read more...

By Carol Barash. It has been clear for some time that the American college admissions system is fundamentally flawed. Between the Common App’s monopoly over the admissions process and U.S. News & World Report's rankings -- which give institutions points for selectivity and higher test scores -- it has been nearly impossible for individual colleges to change the way they recruit and admit students who are a good fit for their specific programs. Read more...

By Paul Fain. A public university group is backing adaptive learning, with grants to encourage universities to use the personalized digital courseware across multiple introductory courses. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. The Association of American Colleges & Universities has over the years embraced numerous practices as key to promoting student learning, student engagement and student completion. The practices and their goals are all linked since students who are more engaged tend to learn more and are more likely to graduate. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. A senior at California State University at Long Beach was killed in Friday's terrorist attacks in Paris.
Nohemi Gonzalez (right), 23, from El Monte, Calif., was studying design and participating in a semester abroad program at Strate College of Design, in Paris.
Hundreds attended a vigil on campus Sunday to mourn Gonzalez and all the victims of the terror attack. Read more...

By Colleen Flaherty. Last fall, 27 political science journal editors signed on to a new Data Access and Research Transparency Guidelines (DA-RT) statement promoting openness in academic research. Read more...

By Colleen Flaherty. AAUP alleges antiunion activity and violations of shared governance at Union County College. Findings could translate to association sanctions. Read more...