By Barbara Fister. I’ve been giving a lot of my Twitter feed a raised eyebrow lately. No, it’s not at all likely that electors will denounce Trump and vote differently. Huh, that must-read thread seems kind of dumb. Read more...
29 décembre 2016
29 décembre 2016
American Cloaca: At Standing Rock, Part 2
By Oronte. My life in the hothouse of academe has been all Miracle-Gro and perlite, so I decided to toughen my root ball by heading out to Standing Rock, North Dakota, to see how the Native American Water Protectors and their allies were faring and what would happen if a couple thousand vets longing for action, whatever that might mean, met the forces of militarized corporatism. Read more...
29 décembre 2016
New Jersey University Has State Immunity, U.S. Court Rules
By Doug Lederman. Montclair State University is an arm of the State of New Jersey and is therefore immune from a former employee's employment discrimination lawsuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled Tuesday. Read more...
29 décembre 2016
Some For-Profits Exceed Limits on Federal Funding
By Paul Fain. The U.S. Department of Education on Wednesday released the latest version of an annual report on compliance with the so-called 90/10 rule, which prohibits colleges from collecting more than 90 percent of their revenue from federal aid sources. Read more...
29 décembre 2016
Delayed Release of Gainful Employment Template
By Paul Fain. Last week the U.S. Department of Education announced a delay in the release of an updated template colleges are required to use next year to make gainful employment disclosures. Read more...
29 décembre 2016
Print This Federal Aid Cut to For-Profit Law School
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday that it would block federal student aid funds to Charlotte School of Law as of Dec. 31, a major blow to the viability of the for-profit institution. Read more...
29 décembre 2016
Scientists Sound the Alarm
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Trump’s cabinet picks, other policy signals lead scientists and physicians to issue warnings on direction of incoming administration. Read more...
29 décembre 2016
The Focus Group That Wasn't
By Andrew Kreighbaum. Iowa State University will not take any action involving a professor who has made misleading references to a focus group in frequent commentaries on U.S. politics. Read more...
29 décembre 2016
Feds Publish Final State Authorization Rule
By Carl Straumsheim. The U.S. Department of Education on Friday released finalized rules detailing how to regulate colleges that offer distance education programs to students in other states. Read more...
29 décembre 2016
State authorization rule, long in the works, faces opposition in new Congress
By Carl Straumsheim. The U.S. Department of Education, with a month to go until the transition of power, has finalized a rule that clarifies how colleges become authorized to offer online programs to students in other states -- an effort in the works since the first years of the Obama administration. But the rule is by all indications dead on arrival. Read more...
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