By Scott Jaschik. David Gelernter (right), an outspoken Yale University professor, is under consideration as a science adviser to the Trump administration, The Washington Post reported. Read more...
23 janvier 2017
23 janvier 2017
Education Deans Issue Principles for U.S. Policy
By Scott Jaschik. More than 175 current and former deans of education have issued a statement of principles that they say should guide federal policy on public education. The document focuses on elementary and secondary education, but also touches on issues related to higher education. Read more...
23 janvier 2017
Two Tuition-Free Years
By Scott Jaschik. Rhode Island governor proposes plan for the state's community college, and for junior and senior years at Rhode Island College and University of Rhode Island. Read more...
23 janvier 2017
'Society Must Be Defended'
By Scott Jaschik. Anthropologists and other scholars plan read-in of Michel Foucault to mark inauguration of Donald Trump. Read more...
23 janvier 2017
'Reparation and Reconciliation'
By Scott Jaschik. Author discusses book about efforts in the post-Civil War era to create colleges in the South that educated men and women, black students and white students together. Read more...
23 janvier 2017
Obama References Colleges in Discussing 'Bubbles'
By Scott Jaschik. In his farewell speech Tuesday night, President Obama spoke frequently of idealism and in particular that of young people. But he also included college campuses among those parts of American society where many people may be too insular in the groups in which they spend time. Read more...
23 janvier 2017
Big Koch Foundation Grant to Black College Group
By Scott Jaschik. Charles Koch is giving -- through his foundation and business -- $25.6 million to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund to support research by scholars at historically black colleges on education, criminal justice and entrepreneurship in areas that face high crime rates, The Washington Post reported. Read more...
23 janvier 2017
Study Finds Variation in Costs by Different Majors
By Scott Jaschik. Using data from Florida's public four-year colleges and universities, a new study released by the National Bureau of Economic Research (abstract available here) finds wide variation in the costs to institutions associated with various majors. More...
23 janvier 2017
Georgia System Plans Two More Mergers
By Scott Jaschik. The University System of Georgia is continuing to merge institutions -- although these mergers typically involve maintaining multiple campuses. The system announced plans last week for two new pairs of institutions to be merged. Read more...
23 janvier 2017
Diversity Group Urges Senate to Reject Sessions
By Scott Jaschik. The American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity on Saturday released a letter urging the U.S. Senate to reject President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions as U.S. attorney general. Read more...
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