By Maxine Joselow. Students at Michigan State University will no longer have to take college-level algebra, thanks to a revision of the general-education math requirement. Read more...
A Research Group of Their Own
By Maxine Joselow. Texas Tech and Indiana U at Bloomington have developed programs that encourage female faculty members to find more time to publish their research. Read more...
High-Profile Push for Bystander Intervention
By Maxine Joselow. At a Senate education committee hearing, witnesses call for colleges to implement prevention programs and adopt antiharassment policies. Read more...
Fostering Connections
By Maxine Joselow. But for students entering Connecticut College in the fall, this approach will be strongly discouraged. Starting with the class of 2020, the private liberal arts college is unveiling a new general education program called Connections aimed at encouraging more intentional learning. Read more...
Clinton, Trump see different responses from alma maters
By Maxine Joselow. While Wellesley College points with pride to alumna Hillary Clinton, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania stays largely silent about alumnus Donald Trump. Read more...
U Texas Approves Optional Gun Ban for Faculty Offices
By Colleen Flaherty. Professors and staff at the University of Texas at Austin may ban guns from their private offices if they choose to do so when the state’s campus carry law takes effect next month, the Board of Regents for the university system voted Wednesday. Read more...
Articles, Not Books
By Colleen Flaherty. New study suggests that science dissertations increasingly are research article based, not book-length studies, reflecting the professionalization of the Ph.D. Read more...
Professor loses chairmanship over recorded comments at free enterprise convention
By Colleen Flaherty. Economics professor loses department chairmanship after his comments at a free enterprise conference are leaked. Read more...
Many College Business Officers Poised to Retire
By Rick Seltzer. Almost 44 percent of chief business officers expect their next career move to be retirement, according to the NACUBO National Profile of Higher Education Chief Business Officers, a report issued every three years that was released Thursday. Read more...
The Elusive Young Donor
By Rick Seltzer. Colleges expand efforts to raise money from recent graduates. But Northeastern campaign that was widely mocked online shows that raising money from those repaying student loans isn't easy. Read more...