By Carl Straumsheim. The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities is encouraging its 237 member institutions to equip its campus police departments with body-worn cameras -- or at least test the technology. More...
Barnes & Noble Ed Pushing Beyond Books
By Carl Straumsheim. The company, known mainly as a bookstore operator, scores a potentially lucrative deal with the digital education consortium Unizin that could help it make its mark in the predictive analytics market. More...
Colombian Student Cleared in Copyright Case
By Carl Straumsheim. A court in Bogotá, Colombia, on Wednesday cleared a biologist of criminal charges for posting an academic paper online. More...
Va. Universities Launch Online Program Portal
By Carl Straumsheim. Two Virginia universities are partnering to launch an online education initiative to boost degree completion in the Commonwealth. George Mason University and Old Dominion University on Tuesday launched the Online Virginia Network. More...
Signs of a Ceiling in Online Ed Market
By Carl Straumsheim. Report on online education landscape suggests potentially leaner times ahead for colleges hoping to profit in the market. Community colleges are already seeing it. More...
German Universities Oppose Plan to Compete on Teaching Quality
By David Matthews for Times Higher Education. German universities have emphatically rejected a proposal that they fear could mean competing for funding on the basis of their teaching quality, but the plan is not off the table. More...
Too Close to an Oil Company?
By David Matthews for Times Higher Education. A leading Dutch business school is accused of giving influence over the curriculum and admissions to an oil company. More...
European Tilt to Vocational Ed
By David Matthews for Times Higher Education. As voters in Britain, France, Germany and the Netherlands go to the polls this year, some politicians and commentators want to tip funding and attention away from higher education and back toward vocational training. More...
British Election Restores Tuition Debate
By John Morgan for Times Higher Education. British university leaders must recognize young voters’ anger about tuition fees in the wake of the success of the Labour Party’s policy to introduce free higher education in England, according to members of Parliament who believe that the Conservatives’ “outdated market-driven” approach to funding is now under pressure. More...
‘Endemic’ Cheating in Ukraine
By David Matthews for Times Higher Education. Survey of undergraduates finds that nearly half have paid bribes and almost all admitted to cheating on exams. More...