Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The University of California, San Francisco on Tuesday laid off 49 information technology (IT) employees and outsourced their work to a company based in India, ending a year-long process that has brought the public university under fire. More...
Examining food insecurity
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. A handful of Democratic senators want the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a study on food insecurity at U.S. colleges and universities. More...
Chalk & Wire makes assessment easier across higher ed programs
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Chalk & Wire, the most trusted higher education assessment provider, today announced new features to its platform that will help institutions better assess a general education program, and a variety of other programs, by measuring student learning outcomes. More...
Trump moves program on historically black colleges into the White House
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that moves a federal initiative supporting historically black colleges and universities directly into the White House, a move depicted as an effort to give the schools more clout within the government. More...
Too many MBAs?
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Liberal arts education is in a life-and-death struggle amidst pressure by politicians, business leaders and educational administrators to diminish or eliminate its presence in our postsecondary institutions and replace it with a job-targeted educational system emphasizing technological and practical skills. More...
Enrollment drives new project
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. A multi-million dollar residence hall that will serve students for decades to come is taking shape at Alabama A&M University in northern Huntsville. The ongoing construction is in response to overcrowding concerns. More...
Use extra community college money to lower the income tax
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. House Republicans have faced some unfair opposition to their plan to lower the state income tax, with assertions that the state budget can’t afford it. Yet the amount of state spending from state-levied taxes has grown $5.8 billion over the past six years. More...
eXplorance, Canvas form alliance partnership
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. eXplorance, the leading Learning Experience Management (LEM) solutions provider, announces an alliance partnership with Canvas, the Learning Management System (LMS) created by Instructure, to offer eXplorance’s all-in-one evaluation and feedback systems to all Instructure clients within the Canvas platform interface. More...
NAS advocates for Higher Education Act reform
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The National Association of Scholars (NAS) sent a joint letter to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and members of the House and Senate, urging them to amend the Higher Education Act. More...
Where black college students do best, and worst
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. It seems it really does matter what college you go to, especially if you’re black. More...