By Rick Seltzer. New book highlights intellectual property practices that the author says are dangerous for the public's interest in higher ed. Read more...
17 décembre 2016
17 décembre 2016
Student Loan Exposure Called Moderate Credit Risk
By Rick Seltzer. The average amount of debt per student at private universities rated by Moody’s Investors Service is declining, the ratings agency said in a new report released Thursday. Read more...
17 décembre 2016
Tenure, Women and Economics
By Colleen Flaherty. New study suggests female economists are less likely to be tenured, compared to male peers, and women are less likely to remain in academe eight years after earning their Ph.D.s. Read more...
17 décembre 2016
MLA Launches Humanities Commons
By Colleen Flaherty. Following the success of its scholarly communication platform, MLA Commons, the Modern Language Association has launched the beta version of Humanities Commons, a nonprofit, open-access network. Read more...
17 décembre 2016
Language by the Shrinking Numbers
By Colleen Flaherty. A new report from American Academy of Arts and Sciences makes a data-based case for building U.S. capacity for foreign languages. Read more...
17 décembre 2016
Survey Highlights Concerns of Graduate Employees
By Colleen Flaherty. A new survey of graduate assistants conducted by Service Employees International Union, a major organizer of adjuncts that is currently organizing graduate employees on a number of private campuses, suggests widespread concern with pay, health care and job security. Read more...
17 décembre 2016
'The Other One Percent'
By Scott Jaschik. Just over 75 percent of Indian-born Americans have a college degree, and 42 percent have a graduate or professional degree. These percentages tower over those of other foreign-born populations (overall average of 27 percent and 11 percent for undergraduate and graduate degrees). These numbers also far exceed those for people born in the United States. Read more...
17 décembre 2016
Making a Point by Moving Shakespeare's Portrait
By Scott Jaschik. Officials at the University of Pennsylvania want you to know that Shakespeare is "alive and well" at their institution. It's just his portrait that may be less central. Read more...
17 décembre 2016
For First Time, Women Are Majority of Law Students
By Scott Jaschik. A new analysis finds that women, for the first time, make up a majority of law students. While that may be a milestone for women, the analysis follows one that finds male applicants have been more likely to be admitted than female applicants. Read more...
17 décembre 2016
And the Winner of #IHEreaderschoice for 2016 Is ...
By Scott Jaschik. This is the second year of the #IHEreaderschoice award for the best book published by a scholarly publisher that would make a great holiday gift for an academic. More entries this year than last year were books about higher education, and some on social media suggested that such a book should win. Read more...
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