By Scott Jaschik. The University of North Carolina Board of Governors approved a settlement Wednesday to the controversy over Silent Sam, a monument to Confederate soldiers that stood on the Chapel Hill campus from 1913 until last year, when protesters pulled it down. More...
By Scott Jaschik. Five students at Harvard University won Rhodes Scholarships, which were announced Saturday. They were among the 32 winners of the annual competition in the United States. More...
By Lindsay McKenzie. A rumored U.S. executive order focusing on public access to federally funded research is ruffling feathers in the scholarly publishing world. More...
By Lindsay McKenzie. Analysis suggests projections of rapid growth in the master’s degree market were vastly overstated. More...
By Lindsay McKenzie. A searchable repository of higher education institutional policies is being created by the ed-tech company CollegeSource and the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO). More...
By Lindsay McKenzie. Legal scholars are increasingly adopting and creating free textbooks in an attempt to increase affordability for students. But are these textbooks considered open educational resources. More...
By Lindsay McKenzie. Educational technology services company Zovio has stated its intention to spin off Ashford University, the for-profit institution it has been trying to convert to a nonprofit for more than a year. More...
By Lindsay McKenzie. The wide availability of cheap new education-related web addresses is creating a headache for university brand managers. More...
By Lindsay McKenzie. With the launch of MicroBachelors, MOOC platform edX lays the groundwork for a fully online undergraduate degree taught by multiple universities. More...
By Lindsay McKenzie. Publisher Springer Nature and Projekt DEAL -- a consortium of university and research libraries in Germany -- have signed a "transformative" open-access deal. More...
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