By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Quinnipiac University's men's lacrosse team has been suspended while officials investigate whether it violated the student conduct code. More...
31 octobre 2018
31 octobre 2018
Higher Ed as Brazil Moves to the Right
By David Matthews for Times Higher Education. It was destined to be a presidential election campaign of dramatic outcomes. Celebrating 30 years of democracy, Brazilians took to the polls this week in their millions. But set against a background of economic crisis, mass unemployment and political scandal -- not to mention anger, which culminated in the front-runner being stabbed -- the results of the first round of voting left the Brazilian population more divided than ever. More...31 octobre 2018
Gag Placed on Indian Academics
By Ellie Bothwell for Times Higher Education. The University Grants Commission sent a notification to central universities earlier this year stating that the Central Civil Services (CCS) Conduct Rules of 1964 would apply to their staff and academics. More...31 octobre 2018
Creating More Responsive Boards
The ways that many board committees and task forces operate today no longer make sense, warn Peter Eckel and Cathy Trower. More...31 octobre 2018
Seizing the Teachable Moment
Colleges should use current events like the U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Brett Kavanaugh to foster understanding in our students, writes Karen Gross. More...31 octobre 2018
A Former President Reflects on Leadership
Susan E. Henking ponders how, in today's challenging environment, college presidents should fight to sustain the best of what higher education has been and can be. More...31 octobre 2018
Nearly all states slashed college funding over last decade
Techno-News Blog. Adjusted for inflation, state funding for higher education has fallen by more than $7 billion since 2008, before the Great Recession caused deep cuts in spending on public two- and four-year colleges, according to a new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP). More...
31 octobre 2018
Walmart grants $4M to support workforce education
Techno-News Blog. Walmart and the Walmart Foundation are giving $4 million in grants to three organizations working to increase workforce training, according to a company press release. Walmart is also expanding its education benefit, announced in May, to U.S. e-commerce associates. More...
30 octobre 2018
Ed Department officials say their focus is on better college data, less regulation
Techno-News Blog. Two senior U.S. Education Department officials told journalists Monday at an event in Las Vegas that the federal agency under Secretary Betsy DeVos wants to make more and better data available to students considering college, while continuing to prioritize the kind of deregulation that has characterized the current administration’s approach to higher ed governance. More...
30 octobre 2018
Federal court rules against Betsy DeVos in student loan lawsuit over for-profit colleges fraud cases
Techno-News Blog. A federal court has ruled that it was “arbitrary and capricious” for Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to delay an Obama-era rule meant to protect students swindled by for-profit colleges. The decision is a significant blow to the Trump administration’s attempt to ease regulations for the industry. More...
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