By Scott Jaschik. The University of Missouri at Columbia announced 30 layoffs and the elimination of another 155 vacant positions, The Columbia Missourian reported. More...

By Scott Jaschik. New front opens in battle over diversity and testing as mayor of New York City seeks to abolish use of test to admit students to some of the country's top high schools. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Fontbonne University, in Missouri, has announced layoffs of 27 employees took place last week, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Yale follows Harvard in ending requirement that students complete writing portion of SAT or ACT. University of San Diego makes similar move, leaving only 25 colleges with the requirement. More colleges go test optional. More...

By Scott Jaschik. The University of Michigan has begun using a driverless shuttle on part of campus, as part of a research project to measure consumer reactions to riding in vehicles without drivers. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Authors discuss new book examining the faculty role -- and how professors view their responsibilities. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Two private colleges in New Hampshire -- New England College and the New Hampshire Institute of Art -- announced Tuesday that they plan to merge. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Two groups issue joint statement on "increasingly threatened" disciplines and approaches.
In an era when liberal arts programs are being eliminated or changed at institutions public and private, two organizations on Thursday issued a joint statement in defense of the values of liberal arts education and of liberal arts disciplines. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Hofstra University has announced that it will reject calls from some students to remove a statue of Thomas Jefferson from a prominent spot on campus. An online petition said that it was inappropriate to have a slave owner honored in this way. More...

By Scott Jaschik. Three historians last week issued a manifesto, saying that the discipline of history has become dominated by empiricist approaches, to the neglect of the role of theory. This approach, they argue, limits the relevance of history as a field. More...