By Carl Straumsheim. Most faculty members and students think digital course materials will dominate the classrooms of the future, even though they at the moment prefer to learn from physical textbooks, a study by the market research firm Penn Schoen Berland and education company Pearson found. Read more...
Journal Retracts Retraction Notice
By Carl Straumsheim. The Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences has retracted its retraction notice of an article after the journal discovered it had been wrongfully retracted, Retraction Watch reported. Read more...
Course Material Provider Rafter Shuts Down
By Carl Straumsheim. The course material provider Rafter has shut down, according to a message on the company's website. Read more...
Study: Student Attitudes on Studying With Tech
By Carl Straumsheim. College students strongly believe digital learning technology and devices have a positive impact on their educational outcomes, a study by McGraw-Hill Education and Hanover Research found. Read more...
Survey: Barriers to Improving Student Success
By Carl Straumsheim. Reduced state funding is preventing colleges from improving student outcomes, but so are institutional challenges such as a lack of collaboration between departments and resistance from faculty members, a survey of college leaders found. Read more...
Oberlin Expands Its Reach
By Carl Straumsheim. High school students will soon be able to earn college credit from Oberlin College for instruction neither delivered by the institution nor taught by its faculty members. Read more...
Social Justice Warrior or Hypocrite?
By Jake New. NCAA stance against discrimination draws praise and raises questions about how association picks its battles and why it doesn't similarly challenge its own members. Read more...
White Nationalist on Campus
By Jake New. Posters promoting a white nationalist organization -- led by a California college student -- have appeared on campuses across the country. Some students are trying to shame him. Read more...
A Gold Medal for Teaching, or a Silver?
By Elizabeth Redden. English universities will be awarded gold, silver or bronze medals based on their performance in the new Teaching Excellence Framework, a government initiative to assess universities based on measures including student satisfaction, retention and graduate employment, Times Higher Education reported. Read more...
U.K. Proposes Tiered Visa Plan for Foreign Students
By Elizabeth Redden. The U.K. cabinet secretary in charge of immigration on Tuesday proposed a two-tiered system for international student visas, The Guardian reported. Amber Rudd raised the possibility of a visa system with differential rules depending on the quality of a student's university or program as part of a speech on reducing immigration levels. Read more...