By Elin Johnson. Administrators at Wittenberg University in Ohio have announced that they plan to cut eight faculty positions, according to The Springfield News-Sun. More...
A Gap Year Students Can Get Credit For
By Elin Johnson. Verto Education looks to ease parents' and students' apprehensions about taking gap years in order to increase the trend's popularity. They've partnered with universities to create dual-enrollment options. More...
Princeton Chaplain Resigns After Abuse Accusations
By Elin Johnson. A chaplain at Princeton University has stepped down following accusations of his abusing a minor in 1975. More...
Stanford Accepted $50,000 From Epstein
By Elin Johnson. Stanford University added its name to the list of universities that accepted donations from deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. More...
Texas State Admits to Misreporting Crime Numbers
By Elin Johnson. Texas State University has stated that it misreported crime numbers for its campuses, reports The Texas Tribune. More...
Wyoming Apologizes to Black Athletes After 50 Years
By Elin Johnson. The University of Wyoming apologized Friday to 14 black former football players that were unjustly cut from the 1969 Wyoming Cowboys football team. More...
Picking Your Own Name
By Elin Johnson. More and more universities are adopting chosen name and preferred pronoun policies, an act that's inclusive of transgender and nonbinary students. More...
Another Arrest in Admissions Scandal
By Scott Jaschik. Authorities in Spain arrested another parent in the admissions scandal Monday, U.S. law enforcement officials announced Tuesday. She is a Chinese woman and lives in British Columbia. According to U.S. authorities, she paid bribes of $400,000 for her son's admission to the University of California, Los Angeles, as a top soccer recruit. More...
‘Moving Up Without Losing Your Way’
By Scott Jaschik. Author discusses her new book about the costs of social mobility in higher education. More...
Publication du rapport sur les freins aux carrières des femmes chercheures et enseignantes-chercheures de l'ESR en France
Dans le cadre de l'agenda social ouvert le 2 novembre 2015, un groupe de travail composé de différents acteurs de l'E.S.R. (conférences d'établissements, A.N.R., H.C.E.R.E.S., Femmes & Sciences, C.N.R.S., CP-CNU...) et animé par le MESRI a été constitué afin d'établir à la fois un état des lieux des freins aux carrières des femmes chercheures et enseignantes chercheures dans l'E.S.R., et de proposer des recommandations à mettre en œuvre afin de renforcer l'égalité dans le déroulement de carrières des personnels scientifiques. Quatre grands axes de recommandation ont été dégagés: Remédier aux biais de sélection dans les recrutements et promotions, garantir une meilleure articulation des temps de vie, renforcer le développement et l'évaluation de politiques d'égalité au sein des structures de l'E.S.R. et inciter à la prise en compte de l'égalité femmes/hommes lors du financement des projets de recherche. Sur la base de ce rapport, les services du MESRI, en partenariat avec les conférences et les opérateurs, proposeront plusieurs outils afin de favoriser la mise en œuvre opérationnelle des recommandations. Plus...