By Scott Jaschik. Amherst College, faced with servers that were not functioning, spent much of last week without access to email, Wi-Fi and campus networks. More...
2 mars 2019
2 mars 2019
Fighting the Stigma About Community Colleges
By Scott Jaschik. One president's thesis: to recruit more students straight from high school, it's time to admit that there's an image problem. New data show the stigma issue is real among high school counselors. More...
2 mars 2019
The Impact of Faculty Attitudes About Intelligence
By Scott Jaschik. Students have better educational outcomes in courses taught by those who have "growth mind-sets" than those who believe intelligence is fixed. For minority students, achievement gaps are cut in half. More...
2 mars 2019
Do Law Schools Need a Second Ranking From 'U.S. News'?
By Scott Jaschik. U.S. News & World Report has announced that it may start a second ranking of law schools -- and some observers of legal education fear that the new ranking would create the wrong incentives. More...
1 mars 2019
11 Years After 5 Killed, New Tragedy for Northern Illinois
By Scott Jaschik. In February 2008, a gunman killed five students at Northern Illinois University before shooting and killing himself. More...
1 mars 2019
‘Should White Boys Still Be Allowed to Talk?’
By Scott Jaschik. Dickinson student's essay sets off intense debate there and elsewhere about who dominates classroom discussions. While piece has been pummeled in conservative blogosphere, issues related to who speaks in class concern many in academe. More...
1 mars 2019
Closing Arguments in the Harvard Case
By Scott Jaschik. Lawyers defending and opposing affirmative action make their final pitches to judge in case that could have major impact on higher education. The debate on personal ratings of Asian American applicants could be crucial. More...
1 mars 2019
When a Student Says It's 'Easier' Not to Have Black People in Class
By Scott Jaschik. A student's email stuns NYU's social work school, which admits that the incident reflects institutional racism. More...
1 mars 2019
The Economic Gains (Yes, Gains) of a Liberal Arts Education
By Scott Jaschik. You've read the stories about liberal arts college grads doomed to a life of poverty, paying back their student loans while living in their parents' basement. And if you've been reading Inside Higher Ed, you have read about studies questioning that narrative. More...
1 mars 2019
Research Spending on Humanities Is Up
By Scott Jaschik. Research and development spending on humanities at colleges and universities reached $498.7 million in the 2017 fiscal year, an increase of 9.8 percent over the previous year, according to new data from Humanities Indicators, a project of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. More...
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