By Doug Lederman. In a new feature, we explain how Western Governors University revamped its system for helping students set up 30,000 assessments a month. Read more...
18 février 2017
18 février 2017
Bracing for Black Bloc
By Emily Tate. Recent violent protests by off-campus anarchist groups, most notably at Berkeley, are sparking renewed conversations among college law enforcement officials about campus preparedness. Read more...
18 février 2017
Study: Teaching and Research Not Tied
By Emily Tate. Two Northwestern University researchers found that skilled scholars do not come at the expense of quality instructors, or vice versa. Read more...
18 février 2017
Beginning of a Movement
By Emily Tate. Tens of thousands of students and academics join Women’s March on Washington. Read more...
18 février 2017
Trump Backlash at Howard
By Andrew Kreighbaum. As the White House and congressional Republicans plan overtures to black colleges, activists on one campus rally to bar the president from campus. Read more...
18 février 2017
Decision Day for DeVos
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The Senate education committee is set to vote today on the nomination of Betsy DeVos in an unusually contentious confirmation process for an education secretary. Read more...
18 février 2017
Communication Chill
By Andrew Kreighbaum. As EPA freezes grants, agencies issue internal guidance to employees on outside communications, stirring fears of political interference in science. Read more...
18 février 2017
Johnson Amendment and Higher Education
By Paul Fain. President Trump on Thursday repeated a campaign pledge by promising to "destroy" the Johnson Amendment, a 1954 federal provision that bans political activity by nonprofit organizations, including colleges and churches. Read more...
18 février 2017
Parchment to Host Digital Credentials
By Paul Fain. The company announced this week that college students could use Parchment to create a "personal vault for their digital credentials, from which they can share on their social networks and with potential employers online." Read more...
18 février 2017
Forceful Response
By Paul Fain. The Trump administration’s entry ban triggered wide condemnation from colleges, associations, faculty groups and others in higher education. Read more...
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