By Andy Thomason. The chief executive of an unaccredited, for-profit university who pleaded guilty to participating in a visa-fraud scheme has been sentenced to one year in prison, the San Jose Mercury News reports. More...
20 septembre 2015
20 septembre 2015
Top Academic Official Resigns After Lifting Others’ Words in Welcome Email
By Andy Thomason. An administrator at Wheelock College, in Boston, has resigned after admitting she lifted passages from several college presidents for a welcome email to faculty members, The Boston Globe reports. More...
20 septembre 2015
Just Like That, Georgia Regents U. Becomes Augusta U.
By Andy Thomason. The Georgia Board of Regents voted on Tuesday to change the name of Georgia Regents University to Augusta University, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The change followed an extended campaign against the original name, which the regents bestowed on the university in 2012, when Augusta State University and the Georgia Health Sciences University, both in Augusta, Ga., merged to create it. More...
20 septembre 2015
Read What President Obama Thinks About Sensitivity and Free Speech on Campus
By Andy Thomason. President Obama traveled to Iowa on Monday with his education secretary, Arne Duncan, to talk to high-school students about college access and affordability. During the question-and-answer session, a student asked the president about an unnamed Republican presidential contender’s proposal to defund “politically biased colleges.” More...
20 septembre 2015
5 College Rankings Based on the White House’s New College Scorecard Data
By Andy Thomason. The White House this weekend released a new consumer tool, the College Scorecard, aimed at helping students and their parents compare colleges. To the great delight of higher-ed wonks, the Obama administration also released the troves of data underlying the tool — including previously unavailable figures on student debt, loan repayment, and graduate earnings. More...
20 septembre 2015
Professor Is Shot to Death in His Office at Mississippi’s Delta State U.
By Andy Thomason. A professor was shot to death in his office at Delta State University on Monday, The Clarion-Ledger reported, and another faculty member whom the police had pursued as a suspect for most of the day was said to have killed himself on Monday night. More...
20 septembre 2015
UMUC Plans to Create a Company to Help Colleges Harness Big Data
By Ellen Wexler. The Maryland Board of Regents on Friday approved the University of Maryland University College’s request to create a for-profit business-intelligence company. The new company will offer data-analysis technology and services to universities across the country, and the revenue will go toward the university’s endowment. More...
20 septembre 2015
In Online Courses, Students Learn More by Doing Than by Watching
By Ellen Wexler. When students enroll in MOOCs, they almost always watch a series of video lectures. But just watching videos — without also engaging interactively — is an ineffective way to learn, according to a study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University. More...
20 septembre 2015
New Fafsa Changes Will Bring Unintended Consequences for Colleges
By Jon Boeckenstedt. The college-selection process has always seemed backward: Colleges encourage students to apply without regard to costs, and delay revealing the final net price (that is, expenses minus grant aid) until March of the senior year, or sometimes later. The process has resulted in confusion, broken hearts, and many college searches that end with unpleasant surprises. More...
20 septembre 2015
How Art Reveals the Limits of Neuroscience
By Alva Noë. You go to a gallery. The work is strange. You don’t know the artist. You aren’t familiar with the style. The pictures all look the same. Flat and dull. They fail to capture your attention. You move on to the next room. You give your energy to your date. More...
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