By Elizabeth Redden. Canadian universities are reporting increases of 20 to 80 percent in the number of applicants from the U.S. compared to last year, according to an informal survey conducted by The Globe and Mail. Read more...
18 février 2017
17 février 2017
The Right Not to Be Recorded
By Colleen Flaherty. The Orange Coast College student who videotaped a professor calling Donald Trump’s election as president “an act of terrorism” has been suspended. Read more...
17 février 2017
Tears of Professor Clown
By Colleen Flaherty. Satirical academic social media accounts go serious to protest Donald Trump.
Academics are keen observers of the absurd in their professional lives -- or so their many ironic, often gallows-humor social media accounts suggest. Read more...
17 février 2017
Harvard Cutting Graduate Admissions
By Colleen Flaherty. Harvard University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is cutting the size of its incoming class. Read more...
17 février 2017
ACE Publishes Review of Fellows Program
By Colleen Flaherty. The paper, called “Looking Back and Looking Forward,” is a review of the ACE Fellows Program, which prepares faculty and staff members and administrators for senior leadership positions in a cohort-based mentorship model. Read more...
17 février 2017
State Support Up 3.4%
By Rick Seltzer. Support across all states rose by 3.4 percent from the 2015-16 to 2016-17 fiscal years, according to preliminary data gathered in the latest Grapevine survey, which was released today. That’s an increase of approximately $2.75 billion, driving total state support to nearly $83.6 billion. Read more...
17 février 2017
Reports Argue for Changes to California Higher Ed
By Rick Seltzer. Two advocacy groups released reports on public higher education in California Tuesday, arguing for changes as ambitious as free tuition and as practical as accountability reforms. Read more...
17 février 2017
Maybe College Isn't the Great Equalizer
By Scott Jaschik. Study links family income growing up to postgraduation income -- even after controlling for many factors. Other researchers disagree. Read more...
17 février 2017
Madison Student Drops Plan for Pro-White Group
By Scott Jaschik. A student at the University of Wisconsin at Madison has abandoned plans to create a pro-white student group, the Associated Press reported. Read more...
17 février 2017
Social Science Groups Criticize Trump on Pipeline
By Scott Jaschik. The American Anthropological Association and the American Psychological Association have issued statements of concern over President Trump's decision to revive work on the Dakota Access Pipeline, a project put on hold at the end of the Obama administration. Read more...
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