By Rick Seltzer. What students don't immediately know about a college being placed on probation won't hurt them. Will it. More...
23 septembre 2018
23 septembre 2018
Yale Won't Invest in Assault Weapon Sellers
By Rick Seltzer. Yale University and its $27.2 billion endowment are making a statement on firearms, announcing a new policy this week under which it will not invest in retail outlets marketing and selling assault weapons to the general public. More...
23 septembre 2018
Democratizing the American University
When it comes to cases like that of Avita Ronell, American universities can learn a lot from British ones, argues Rebecca Gould. More...23 septembre 2018
Killing Colleges in Massachusetts
State policy makers often overlook the important role that private colleges can play in providing opportunities for higher education to state residents, argues Richard Ekman. More...23 septembre 2018
Purdue Global Demands Students Waive Right to Sue
Techno-News Blog. The details are laid out in documents obtained via a records request to the U.S. Department of Education by the Century Foundation, which said the requirements make Purdue University Global “perhaps the first and only public institution to strip students of their legal rights.” The Century Foundation is well-known for challenging for-profit colleges’ policies. More...
23 septembre 2018
Public May Not Trust Higher Ed, but Employers Do
Techno-News Blog. Though public support for higher education seems to be waning, this skepticism doesn’t appear to extend to potential employers, who say they still have faith in colleges and universities, according to a new survey conducted on behalf of the Association of American Colleges & Universities. More...
23 septembre 2018
Up to 1 in 5 Washington students live far away from college
Techno-News Blog. According to an analysis by The Chronicle of Higher Education, Washington is one of 11 states where 10.1 to 20 percent of the population lives in an “education desert,” where it’s at least a 60-minute drive to get to a college campus. More...
23 septembre 2018
22 States Ask Court to Restore Net Neutrality Regulations
Techno-News Blog. Attorneys general from 22 states, led by New York AG Barbara Underwood, filed a new brief in an ongoing lawsuit to reverse the FCC’s net neutrality rollback. Led by New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood, the group includes AGs representing California, Illinois, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia, and numerous other populous states comprising more than 165 million Americans. More...
21 septembre 2018
A Case of Piracy Overkill?
A Case of Piracy Overkill?
Discussion of the proposed 'broadcast flag' legislation in the U.S., which would require that all new media receivers detect content intended for broadcast and thereby refuse to allow the purchaser to make a copy. More...
18 septembre 2018
Decline in foreign students at US colleges, universities
For the second straight year, the number of new international students coming to study at United States colleges and universities is expected to decline from the 300,743 who came in 2015-16, according to the Institute of International Education, writes Janet H Cho for Cleveland.com. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)