By Scott Jaschik. Every spring, you can expect an announcement from Williams College about a record number of applications, and record achievement levels in the applicant pool and among those who were admitted. More...
20 mai 2017
20 mai 2017
‘Financial Emergency’ at Mills
By Scott Jaschik. College announces layoffs (likely including tenured professors) and plans for curricular reform -- amid a deficit that has grown to $9 million. More...
20 mai 2017
‘What Are the Arts and Sciences?’
By Scott Jaschik. A professor discusses how he turned to his colleagues for help answering the question -- and turned the results into a book. More...
20 mai 2017
N.Y. to Review Compliance on Sex Assault Law
By Scott Jaschik. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, has ordered state authorities to review colleges' compliance with the Enough Is Enough law he signed in 2015 to require colleges to take tough steps to prevent and investigate sex assaults. More...
20 mai 2017
International Graduates Winning Right to Work in U.S.
By Scott Jaschik. Study shows approvals have gone up for "optional practical training" of up to three years. Students from China and India account for more than half of those winning the prized approvals. More...
20 mai 2017
Yale's Notorious Yelp Reviewer Is Now on Leave
By Scott Jaschik. Yelp is a website where anyone can rate restaurants and various services, theoretically allowing others to benefit from your experiences. Of course these days, that also means plenty of reviews that share writers' biases about all kinds of things irrelevant to food being served or services provided. More...
20 mai 2017
Who Defines Expertise?
By Colleen Flaherty. Accreditor’s new rules are forcing a professor who has taught philosophy for 50 years to stop doing so, because her Ph.D. is in English. Many object. More...
20 mai 2017
‘Running Out the Clock’ on Grad Unions?
By Colleen Flaherty. Graduate student union bids at private institutions have succeeded, flopped and been challenged since a major NLRB decision last summer -- but none thus far has resulted in a contract for student workers. More...
20 mai 2017
Due North
By Colleen Flaherty. Professor says she’s giving up a tenure-track job in the U.S. and taking her family back to Canada over racism directed at her Nicaraguan-born spouse. More...
20 mai 2017
Divinity, Diversity and Division
By Colleen Flaherty. Professor calls diversity training workshop to which colleagues were invited a “waste,” setting off debate about inclusiveness and civility. More...
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