By Doug Lederman. The former loan guarantor USA Funds has agreed to pay $23 million to settle a lawsuit that challenged the right of such agencies to collect fees from borrowers who had defaulted on loans but started repaying them. Read more...
By Doug Lederman. The University of Oregon will not remove the name of its founder from the oldest building on the campus despite his historical ties to slavery, officials announced Wednesday. Black students at the university had included among a list of demands in fall 2015 the renaming of Deady Hall, which honors Matthew Deady, who helped found the university and held pro-slavery views. Read more...
By Doug Lederman. At annual conference in divided nation’s capital, speakers urge presidents of Christian colleges to join (and lead) efforts to embrace, and work through, fundamental differences. Read more...
By Doug Lederman. Students who spent more time surfing the Internet for reasons unrelated to classroom work performed worse on the final exam, a study finds. Read more...
By Doug Lederman. Have something to say about the inauguration? Our Cartoon Caption Contest provides an opportunity -- click here to submit a caption for this month's cartoon. Read more...
By Holly Else for Times Higher Education. The British government has announced a 170 million pound ($213 million) series of prestigious Institutes of Technology are to be developed to offer a “credible alternative” to the academic route of university for young people. Read more...
By Ellie Bothwell for Times Higher Education. The paper, “From the Former Soviet Patterns Towards the U.S. Model? Changes in Chinese Doctoral Education,” finds that although there is still evidence of the impact of Soviet ideas, Ph.D. study has become increasingly influenced by the U.S. since the mid-1990s. Read more...
By Paul Fain and Rick Seltzer.Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos has family and likely financial connections to The College Fix, a conservative news site that often criticizes liberal bias in higher education. Read more...
By Jack Grove for Times Higher Education. Editors of academic journals should be investigated for “professional negligence” if peer review at their publications takes too long, says a leading critic of the scholarly publishing industry. Read more...
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...
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