By Paul Fain. The Markle Foundation, LinkedIn and the state of Colorado team up on a jobs site that seeks to create a common, skills-based language among job seekers, employers and education providers. Read more...

By Jake New. The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled last week that private college police departments are subject to the state’s open records laws, but a bill passed earlier this month by Indiana’s General Assembly could undercut the ruling. Read more...

By Ellen Wexler. New documentary explores the philosophy and players behind cutting state support for higher education. Read more...

By Colleen Flaherty. U of Wisconsin System Board of Regents approves new tenure policies, rejecting a series of proposals that professors said would have protected some of their rights. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. Survey finds smaller gains in 2015-16 than have been the case since 2011-12. Read more...

By Colleen Flaherty. Whether the separation is voluntary or not, losing a tenure-line or otherwise full-time faculty member is always a costly to an institution. The departing professor will take any external research grants with him or her, not to mention the sunk costs of hiring and training. Then there are additional costs that are harder to quantify, such as those to morale, mentorship, service and leadership in a department. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. To listen to many politicians, one would think talented science students are abandoning laboratories to study the humanities. In fact, it is the humanities that are losing undergraduate majors, and a new analysis from the American Academy of Arts & Sciences documents the trend. Read more...

By Jake New. Inside Higher Ed's fifth annual academic bracket for the NCAA women's basketball tournament. And the winner is. Read more...

By Colleen Flaherty. Is the tyrannical reign of the P value finally ending (if it was ever tyrannical at all)? An unprecedented statement from the American Statistical Association seeks to usher in a “post-P<0.05 era” and encourage stronger science and many -- but not all -- scientists approve. Read more...

By Josh Logue. A trend that started in high schools -- using the candidate's name to insult groups of students -- has spread to higher education. Experts expect the national political divisiveness to extend to campuses. Read more...