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27 janvier 2018

New Partnership Aims at Lifelong Learners

HomeBy 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...

27 janvier 2018

Lever Press Sets Gears in Motion

HomeBy 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...

27 janvier 2018

Start-Up Enables Academics to Start Journals

HomeBy Lindsay McKenzie. A nonprofit publishing platform called Flockademic launched yesterday. Its aim: to put academics in charge of scholarly publishing. More...

27 janvier 2018

Blind Law Students Win ADA Suit

HomeBy 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...

27 janvier 2018

Promises of Swift, Radical Change

HomeBy 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...

27 janvier 2018

Possible Rules for Athletes With History of Sexual Violence

HomeBy 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...

27 janvier 2018

First Mexican Member of the NCAA?

HomeBy 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...

27 janvier 2018

Once Again, NCAA Tests the Boundaries

HomeBy 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...

27 janvier 2018

Declining Exposure to Religious Diversity

HomeBy 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...

27 janvier 2018

Kicked Out for Racism

HomeBy 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...

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