By Maxine Joselow. Access Group, a nonprofit organization composed of nearly 200 law schools, has released a new student loan calculator for law school. The free tool is aimed at helping students determine the cost of law school and the federal student loan repayment options they may qualify for after graduation. Read more...
A Novel Way to Launch an Online Program
By Maxine Joselow. While many institutions rely on online program management providers, Schreiner University opts for an alternative way of building an online nursing program. Read more...
Newspaper Adviser Ousted
By Maxine Joselow. After the student newspaper published a string of articles critical of the administration, Wayne State College removed the adviser, setting off concerns about freedom of the press. Read more...
Report on Faculty Role in Student Success Efforts
By Colleen Flaherty. Faculty members are critical agents in student success but are surprisingly underemployed in that effort, according to a new paper from the Education Advisory Board, a best practices firm advising college and university administrators. Read more...
Who Decides What Must Be on a Syllabus?
By Colleen Flaherty. College of Charleston professor says he's been forced out of a job for refusing to list learning outcomes to please an accreditor. He's suing and says academic freedom is being violated. Read more...
3 Universities Sued Over Monitoring of Retirement Plans
By Colleen Flaherty. Employees of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and New York and Yale Universities sued their respective institutions on Tuesday for allegedly allowing them to be charged excessive fees on their retirement savings, The New York Times reported. Read more...
Separating the Philosophy From the Philosopher
By Colleen Flaherty. After an alleged harasser holds on to a powerful academic position, professors try to limit his influence, in part by excluding his work from their syllabi. Is that the right strategy. Read more...
'Lost' Generation
By Colleen Flaherty. Academics fact-check the persistent idea, promoted at GOP convention, that liberal professors politically indoctrinate their students. Read more...
Peace Corps Ends International Master's Program
By Colleen Flaherty. Students may no longer apply to the Master’s International program with ties to the Peace Corps on any campus, The Keene Sentinelreported. Read more...
Majoring in Diversity
By Colleen Flaherty. Hamilton College's new requirement that all majors incorporate diversity into their curricula sparks debate about what constitutes diversity and where it's best studied. Read more...