By Josh Logue. A new chain wants to add a boutique option to college town accommodations. Read more...
28 février 2016
28 février 2016
After Protests, Harvard’s ‘Master’ Title Becomes ‘Faculty Dean’
By Andy Thomason. The controversial “house masters” at Harvard University will now be referred to as “faculty deans,” The Harvard Crimson reports. The change comes two months after the university said it would drop the “master” title — held by faculty members who oversee undergraduate residence halls — because some students said it carried a racist connotation. More...
28 février 2016
What Antonin Scalia’s Death May Mean for the ‘Fisher’ Affirmative-Action Case
By Andy Thomason. The death of the longtime Supreme Court justice and conservative stalwart Antonin Scalia has widespread ramifications for American politics and policy. For higher education, the most immediately apparent consequence is for Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, the landmark legal challenge to race-conscious admissions that is pending before the court. More...
28 février 2016
Colleges Continue to Abandon Standardized Tests to Assess Learning, Survey Finds
By Andy Thomason. Colleges are continuing to move away from assessing students’ learning outcomes through standardized tests, according to the results of a new survey. A report on the survey, “Trends in Learning Outcomes Assessment,” by the Association of American Colleges and Universities, says that only 38 percent of institutions use standardized national tests of general knowledge. That’s down from nearly 50 percent in 2008. More...
28 février 2016
Stanford Pockets Largest Donation From One Person in Its History — $400 Million
By Andy Thomason. Stanford University has received its largest cash donation from an individual in its history — $400 million from Philip H. Knight, the Nike co-founder. The gift will be part of a $750-million endowment to establish a “graduate-level scholarship designed to prepare a new generation of global leaders,” according to a statement from the university. More...
28 février 2016
U.S. Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Asserting Athletes Should Be Paid Minimum Wage
By Andrew Mytelka. A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit against the NCAA and more than 100 Division I colleges and universities asserting that college athletes should be paid at least the minimum wage, USA Today reported. More...
28 février 2016
Better Advising Beats Free Tuition for Improving Degree Completion, Say Experts
By Goldie Blumenstyk. In getting more students to complete their degrees, the use of highly structured curricula and proactive advising systems holds more promise than performance pay, free tuition for the first two years of college, or expanding credit for off-campus coursework, according to a survey of higher-education experts. More...
28 février 2016
New Paper Proposes Starting All Over on Federal Student Aid
By Kelly Field. Nearly everyone agrees that the federal student-aid system is broken, perhaps irreparably so. The Pell Grant hasn’t kept pace with rising tuition, students are saddled with too much debt, and many states have shifted the burden for financing colleges onto the federal government and families. More...
28 février 2016
Tech Company Will Pay $750 Million to End Patent Fight With Carnegie Mellon
By Nick DeSantis. The Marvell Technology Group and Marvell Semiconductor Inc. will pay $750 million to end a long-running patent dispute with Carnegie Mellon University, the university announced on Wednesday. More...
28 février 2016
U. of Texas President Finalizes Plan to Carry Out Guns-on-Campus Law
By Nick DeSantis. The University of Texas at Austin’s president on Wednesday finalized a task force’s recommendations for carrying out a new campus-carry law that has drawn widespread criticism from faculty members. More...
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