By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Johns Hopkins students are refusing to leave administration building until officials cancel plans to form an armed police force. Activists are worried about the potential for racial profiling. More...
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. University of Iowa will require all new students to learn techniques to help peers who are suicidal. Officials say it's the first program of its kind in the country. More...
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Colorado State is trying to shut down the annual Undie Run, asserting that it fosters an environment ripe for sexual assaults. Students and others say that this is victim blaming. More...
By David Matthews for Times Higher Education. Merger of technical institutes into universities could upgrade hundreds of thousands of graduates' degrees. Many educators see a political ploy. More...
Samuel Gorovitz, Cathryn R. Newton and Joseph J. Fins applaud and advocate for mentors who connect ostensibly unrelated disciplines in odd, innovative and visionary ways. More...
Dès la rentrée prochaine, 13 établissements d'études supérieurs proposeront des cursus connectés à des étudiants éloignés des grandes métropoles universitaires. Pour l'ouest, Redon et Saint-Brieuc (campus Mazier) offriront, dès la rentrée prochaine, un enseignement à distance pour devenir des diplômés "comme les autres". Ce système est mis en place afin d'inciter les bacheliers des villes où l'offre d'enseignement supérieur est inexistante ou moindre, à poursuivre leurs études.
Source : http://www.gref-bretagne.com/Actualites/Revue-de-presse/Enseignement-sup.-Des-campus-connectes-pour-la-poursuite-des-etudes-Redon-et-Saint-Brieuc-selectionnes
The mother of our director of residence life would not let go of my hand after realizing that I was the one who had written her last spring. She told me how much the letter had meant to her and that she carries it with her at all times. To prove it, she guided me toward her purse and pulled out the letter. More...
The considerations compound when two Ph.D.s are looking together for job positions beyond academe, writes Erica Gobrogge, who provides a few tips for success. More...
For decades, American society has reduced student success, or failure, to this number completely absent of any context, Adam Piggott and Tom Solomon argue. More...
Jim Jump reflects on discussions with colleagues at a time of year that is either stressful or celebratory (or both) for those in admissions. More...
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