Some 20 years ago, I spent my summer in Washington, D.C., as an intern for the U.S. News & World Report college rankings. Part of my job was to call colleges to get missing data that was used to compile the rankings or confirm the data that the magazine already had from the school. More...

President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Accord undermines this historic global coalition and weakens America’s influence in the world.  But it is also out of step with what is already happening across the United States, including right here in Georgia.
That’s why an unprecedented coalition of leaders from state and local government, business and higher education have come together to renew our commitment to pursue ambitious climate goals and ensure that the U.S. remains a global leader in reducing emissions and creating a low-carbon economy.  The We Are Still In coalition includes nine states, 184 mayors and city leaders, 1441 businesses and investors and 292 college and university presidents – including mayors, businesses and colleges here in Georgia.  Collectively, we represent 123 million Americans, 3.9 million enrolled students and $6.2 trillion of the U.S. economy. More...

Three ideas to improve higher education have been floated here in New Mexico and around the country: eliminate tenure, put everything online, and focus on programs leading directly to jobs. More...

Over the past 20 years, technologies based on university research have launched entire new industries, cured fatal diseases and even put new foods on your grocery store shelves. Since 1996, these technologies have contributed an estimated $1.3 trillion and 4.2 million jobs to the American economy. More...

Harvard University's exclusive and historic Fox Club — whose members have included Bill Gates and T.S. Eliot — has reverted to male-only after revoking membership for its nine "provisional" female members, according to The Harvard Crimson, the university's daily newspaper. More...

Fairfield University has engaged Korn Ferry, the world’s largest executive search firm, to lead the search for the University’s next Director of Athletics. More...

About two dozen members of the Lee’s Summit R-7 School District Business Roundtable recently toured the district’s new Missouri Innovation Campus, which will open later this summer near Tudor and Ward roads. More...

The walls of Senior House, a dorm on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s campus, are not composed of lifeless, cream-colored cinder blocks. Instead, they ooze passion and raw emotion, providing a concrete canvas for residents’ renderings of cartoon characters, inspirational phrases, and internal dialogues. More...

International students accepted to U.S. schools are planning to enroll at a similar rate as last year in most areas except the southern part of the country, especially Texas, according to data from 165 U.S. colleges and universities. More...

The hallmark of higher education is its ability to respond to and meet local needs. In Manatee and Sarasota counties, we have not just one institution, but a consortium of colleges designed to meet local higher education needs from employment-ready short-term certificates to graduate degrees. More...