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29 janvier 2020

Clemson English Lecturers Make $20K Less Than Peers

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. Clemson University’s full-time lecturers in English earn $20,000 less than the national average and their colleagues universitywide, according to an investigation by the Greenville News. One lecturer of English at Clemson interviewed for the article makes $34,000, whereas Clemson lecturers across disciplines make about $55,000, on average. More...

29 janvier 2020

Ex-Professor Paid Mortgage With Cancer Research Grants

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. A former cancer researcher at Stony Brook University pleaded guilty this week to using $225,000 in grant funding for personal expenses, including his home mortgage, according to Newsday. More...

29 janvier 2020

A Legal Challenge for Inclusive Access

HomeBy Lindsay McKenzie. Big textbook publishers and retailers are accused of squashing competition from independent college bookstores. More...

29 janvier 2020

Northeastern Expands Into Maine

HomeBy Lindsay McKenzie. Northeastern University plants another flag out of state with a research institute in Maine's largest city. Perhaps surprisingly, Maine's colleges seem to be welcoming the move. More...

29 janvier 2020

A New Player in the College Completion Market

HomeBy Lindsay McKenzie. MOOC platform Coursera is teaming up with the University of North Texas to offer an online bachelor’s degree aimed at working adults with some college credit. More...

29 janvier 2020

Is Sci-Hub Safe?

HomeBy Lindsay McKenzie. Warnings that Sci-Hub poses a cybersecurity threat to universities have intensified. But few institutions appear to be acting on them. More...

29 janvier 2020

Sharing Frank Feedback

HomeBy Lindsay McKenzie. Macmillan Learning took the unusual step of sharing early faculty feedback on a product not yet ready for prime time. Could the publisher’s openness differentiate it from competitors. More...

29 janvier 2020

ALA Rethinks ‘Free Speech Zone’

HomeBy Lindsay McKenzie. The American Library Association raised eyebrows last week with a proposal to create a “designated area for the expression of social beliefs” at its upcoming midwinter meeting in Philadelphia. More...

29 janvier 2020

Morris Brown Partners With Other College

HomeBy Marjorie Valbrun. Students graduating from Morris Brown College will now be accepted by Point University for graduate studies under a new agreement announced Monday between the two private liberal arts institutions. MBC graduates will also pay discounted tuition as part of the agreement. More...

29 janvier 2020

Belated Apology for High-Profile Alumna

HomeBy Marjorie Valbrun. The president of Goshen College offered "profound apologies" on Wednesday to a now-famous alumna who was denied a volunteer coaching position at the institution 11 years ago because of her sexual orientation. More...

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