By Lindsay McKenzie. A Norwegian consortium has signed a new kind of subscription deal with Elsevier that includes open-access publishing -- a first for the publisher. But the new rights come at a cost. More...
5 mai 2019
5 mai 2019
FCC Key to Closing the Homework Gap
By Lindsay McKenzie. The Federal Communications Commission controls licenses that could be used to bring wireless broadband internet to rural areas. But policy makers and educators are at odds over how to proceed. More...
5 mai 2019
Forced to Fail Students?
By Lindsay McKenzie. A former Arizona State University professor says he was required to ensure at least 30 percent of his students failed. The university says he’s lying. More...
5 mai 2019
Governor Got Free Community College, Wants More
By Greg Toppo. An expanded free-college plan in Rhode Island offers an unusual way for a state to promote higher education, giving students the option of either two years of free community college or a scholarship covering their third and fourth years at a state university. More...
5 mai 2019
Pedigree and Productivity
By Colleen Flaherty. New study of computer scientists says that when it comes to research output, where Ph.D.s get hired matters more than where they trained. More...
5 mai 2019
Speech on Blast (Again) at Trinity
By Colleen Flaherty. Sociologist at the Connecticut liberal arts college who studies whiteness is again in trouble for his comments about race, but his college has his back -- more than it did in 2017. He blames this wave of backlash on an ongoing fight over club dedicated to preserving the Western tradition. More...
5 mai 2019
Scholarly Society in ‘Crisis’
By Colleen Flaherty. Want to know how to handle a Me Too-related incident and related public relations snafu? Don't ask the Society for American Archaeology. More...
5 mai 2019
Women Best Represented Among Lowest-Paid Deans
By Colleen Flaherty. Women are well represented among deans with the lowest salaries, but they make up less than one-third of the highest-paid deans, according to CUPA-HR's 2019 Administrators in Higher Education Report, out today. More...
5 mai 2019
Consent Matters for Photos, Too
By Colleen Flaherty. Photography professor is accused of violating rules of consent surrounding women's photos in a new book on fraternity life. More...
5 mai 2019
The Execution of Mujtaba al-Sweikat
By Elizabeth Redden. A Saudi student who gained admission to Western Michigan University was beheaded last week for charges associated with his participation in a pro-democracy protest. More...
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