By Scott Jaschik. Scientists in Canada are demanding immediate changes to the way grant proposals are reviewed by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, STAT reported. Read more...
By Scott Jaschik. Simon Fraser University, in British Columbia, has become the third Canadian university to be accredited by an American accreditor, the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. Officials went through a seven-year process for Simon Fraser to become accredited. Read more...
By Scott Jaschik. The U.S. Justice Department last week announced a settlement with the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center over a student's complaint that she suffered illegal discrimination as a result of her mental health condition. Read more...
By Scott Jaschik. New York University will announce today that it will stop considering at all a broad question on the Common Application about applicants' disciplinary and criminal records. Read more...
By Scott Jaschik. Research by Prashant Loyalka, a faculty member at Stanford University, is pointing to a key weakness -- in critical thinking -- of students at China's universities, The New York Times reported. Read more...
By Scott Jaschik. An investigation in The Portland Press Herald details questions being raised about the EDMC Foundation and its ties to the for-profit Education Management Corporation, known as EDMC. Read more...
By Scott Jaschik. The for-profit chain ITT Technical Institutes, already facing scrutiny over its financial condition, may be in for tough times ahead. Read more...
By Scott Jaschik. Federal appeals court says former adjunct may not use Title VII, a federal antidiscrimination statute, to sue a college for bias based on her sexual orientation. Read more...
By Scott Jaschik. The Coalition for Access, Affordability and Success -- a group of dozens of leading colleges and universities -- has released its first application form. Read more...
By Scott Jaschik. Universities should evaluate their graduate programs in science and technology for ways to reduce “stereotype threat,” in which female and minority students may feel less able to succeed academically even if in fact they can do so, says a report issued Thursday. Read more...
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