By Andy Thomason. Saying that governance is “at a crossroads,” the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges on Tuesday released new guidance stressing that university trustees be loyal to their institution, among other things. The document, a “statement on the fiduciary duties of governing-board members,” outlines three main duties for board members: care, loyalty, and obedience. More...
By Brock Read. Hillary Clinton’s social-media team, looking to keep her recently announced college-affordability plan in the public eye, took to Twitter to ask for a bit of audience feedback on student loans. More...
By Brock Read. A task force convened by the University of Texas at Austin to consider the fate of several statues honoring Confederate leaders has made its recommendation: Either add explanatory plaques to them, or move them to a museum. More...
By Brock Read. Hillary Clinton, the heavy favorite among Democrats running for president, plans to announce key planks of her higher-education platform on Monday at an event in New Hampshire, Politico reports. When she does so, student-loan reform will be the dominant theme. More...
By Ian Wilhelm. In a decision that may reduce the appeal of the United States as a destination for international students, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday that the Department of Homeland Security must curtail a popular program that allows foreign students and graduates to work while in the United States. More...
By Andy Thomason. Missouri Tech, a small for-profit college, closed this week without notifying its students, who showed up for class only to learn that the company had been shuttered. More...
By Andy Thomason. What if Hogwarts, the Harry Potter universe’s boarding school for wizards in training, were a historically black college? Today’s hot hashtag — #IfHogwartsWasAnHBCU — to the rescue. And while the hashtag is more about the union of African-American pop culture with Harry Potter nerd-dom than anything related to higher education, I’ve covered much more tangential topics on this blog in the past. More...
By Andy Thomason. Vanderbilt University has released more information about its noted red-tape study, which for months has been trumpeted by some observers as evidence of smothering government regulation in higher education. The Chronicle has repeatedly requested access to the study, which asserts the university spent roughly $150 million to comply with regulations in 2013-14. More...
By Stephen R. Herr. When I was an undergraduate at Antioch College in the early ’80s, I took a course in philosophical anthropology. I’m still not entirely sure what "philosophical anthropology" means, but it was the best course I ever had. It did more to prepare me for graduate school and my career than any other course, and it was edge-of-your-seat, lean-across-the-table interesting. More...
By Erik Gilbert. Last year the younger of my two sons went off to college. As we went through the search process, we looked at university and department websites, checked faculty research interests, looked for evidence of faculty involving students in their research, flinched at the prices, marveled at the climbing walls, and considered quality of the food on campus. More...
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