By Lilah Burke. Can giving students anonymity help them engage in class. More...
AI Arms Race
By Lilah Burke. More employers are using applicant tracking systems to hire employees. Some colleges are using new AI-based tools, like VMock, to help students keep up. More...
Change in the Polls
By Lilah Burke. Election polling by colleges pays off with publicity and opportunities for students. But some are changing their methods as polling costs increase. More...
A Library's Past
By Lilah Burke. Two grad students convinced the University of Virginia to save and store its library's card catalog, arguing that researchers and historians can use the cards. More...
A New Path for Evergreen
By Lilah Burke. Evergreen State, long known for experimental education and leftist politics, still has no majors but is providing students with "paths of study" to follow if they choose. More...
High Debt, Low Earnings
By Lilah Burke. The Education Department for the first time has released earnings data for thousands of college programs at all degree levels. What do they show. More...
IU Bloomington Suspends Frat for Anti-Semitism
By Elin Johnson. Indiana University in Bloomington has suspended a fraternity following allegations of anti-Semitic and racial slurs as well as an assault, USA Today reports. More...
Executive Order on Anti-Semitism on Campus
By Paul Fain. President Trump plans to sign an executive order on Wednesday that will target anti-Semitism on college campuses, The New York Times reported.
Administration officials told the newspaper the expected order will threaten to withhold federal funds for colleges that are deemed to fail in combating discrimination. More...
Local Economy Drives Academic Agenda
By Marjorie Valbrun. Saint Peter's administrators believe students benefit when an institution has mutual economic interests with its host city. As a result, the university is aligning its strategic plan with Jersey City. More...
Illinois Professor's Planned Return from Leave Canceled
By Marjorie Valbrun. A law professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who was on unpaid leave for a year after being accused of and admitting to sexual harassment allegations will not be returning to teach this semester, the university said in an email sent to faculty and students at the law school. More...