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18 février 2017

Communication Chill

HomeBy Andrew Kreighbaum. As EPA freezes grants, agencies issue internal guidance to employees on outside communications, stirring fears of political interference in science. Read more...

18 février 2017

Court Sides With Drug Legalization Group in Speech Dispute

HomeBy Jake New. Iowa State University cannot bar a student group from using the university’s logo and mascot on T-shirts advocating the legalization of marijuana, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. Read more...

18 février 2017

Report: Hiring of Women's Coaches Stagnates

HomeBy Jake New. While Title IX has helped the number of female college athletes soar 500 percent since 1972, the same cannot be said about women coaches. In the last four decades, the percentage of women’s teams being coached by women has fallen from 90 percent to 40 percent. Read more...

18 février 2017

Conservative, Libertarian Groups Propose Campus Free Speech Bill

HomeBy Jake New. Several conservative and libertarian organizations are urging state lawmakers to adopt legislation that aims to "restore and protect freedom of thought and expression" on college campuses. Read more...

18 février 2017

‘Every Campus a Refuge,’ but Can Refugees Come?

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. For a group of faculty members, students and staff at a Pennsylvania community college prepared to sponsor a refugee family, their plans are on hold. Read more...

18 février 2017

Will Data Error Threaten For-Profit Regulation?

HomeBy Paul Fain. For-profit-college advocates cite Obama administration data goof on loan repayment rates as justification for revisiting borrower-defense and gainful-employment rules. Read more...

18 février 2017

Feds Urge Renewal for Controversial Accreditor

HomeBy Paul Fain. The U.S. Department of Education has recommended a renewal of recognition for the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, a controversial regional accreditor of two-year colleges in California and other Western states. Read more...

18 février 2017

Oregon Promise Influencing Students' Decisions

HomeBy Paul Fain. Oregon's free community college scholarship, which began last year, is encouraging more students to consider going to college and to feel more confident about being able to afford it, according the results of a survey conducted by Education Northwest, a nonprofit research group. Read more...

18 février 2017

Johnson Amendment and Higher Education

HomeBy Paul Fain. President Trump on Thursday repeated a campaign pledge by promising to "destroy" the Johnson Amendment, a 1954 federal provision that bans political activity by nonprofit organizations, including colleges and churches. Read more...

18 février 2017

Parchment to Host Digital Credentials

HomeBy Paul Fain. The company announced this week that college students could use Parchment to create a "personal vault for their digital credentials, from which they can share on their social networks and with potential employers online." Read more...

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