By Lindsay McKenzie. The online program management company 2U on Monday announced a partnership with the co-working space behemoth WeWork that takes aim at the burgeoning marketplace of workers looking to burnish their career prospects through a widening array of credentials. More...
Lever Press Sets Gears in Motion
By Lindsay McKenzie. Librarians have been talking excitedly about Lever Press, an open-access publisher for digital scholarship led by liberal arts colleges, for several years. While interest in the press remains high, progress has been slow. Early discussions about the project began around six years ago, and despite the press launching in January 2016, it has yet to publish any works. More...
Start-Up Enables Academics to Start Journals
By Lindsay McKenzie. A nonprofit publishing platform called Flockademic launched yesterday. Its aim: to put academics in charge of scholarly publishing. More...
Blind Law Students Win ADA Suit
By Lindsay McKenzie. Blind students this week won a discrimination lawsuit against the legal education company BarBri -- one of the country's largest providers of bar exam preparation courses. More...
Promises of Swift, Radical Change
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. NCAA president and Board of Governors had pledged to act quickly on recommendations to reform men's basketball after federal officials revealed a scheme to steer recruits to certain colleges in exchange for cash. More...
Possible Rules for Athletes With History of Sexual Violence
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. As the country continues to be roiled by continued revelations of sexual assaults perpetrated (mostly) by powerful men, the National Collegiate Athletic Association will take initial steps toward considering a blanket rule on athletes with a history of such acts. More...
First Mexican Member of the NCAA?
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Cetys University, a private institution not far from the U.S. border, may be the first Mexican institution to join the association after a new rule was approved Saturday. More...
Once Again, NCAA Tests the Boundaries
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. In investigating Michigan State and Larry Nassar, sports group is crossing into new enforcement territory unlike anything since its inquiry and punishment of Penn State, experts say. More...
Declining Exposure to Religious Diversity
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. First-year students might come to campus open to new spiritual perspectives, but a new survey shows that in their freshman year, their exposure to religious diversity plummets. More...
Kicked Out for Racism
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Civil liberties supporters want University of Alabama president to reverse expulsion of student who posted racist rants, saying her First Amendment rights were violated. More...