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16 décembre 2018

A Professor's Comments, a Board Chair's Reaction and Academic Freedom

By Scott Jaschik. Temple professor lost his job as CNN commentator over speech he gave at United Nations. University says it is defending his right to free speech, but board chair's comments suggest institution is trying to find a way to punish him. More...

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16 décembre 2018

Decline Found in Colleges That Check Applicants' Social Media

By Scott Jaschik. Admissions officers have become less likely than in recent years to check on the social media accounts of applicants, according to a new survey by Kaplan Test Prep. More...

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16 décembre 2018

Senators Urge 'U.S. News' to Change Rankings

By Scott Jaschik. Six Democratic senators have written to U.S. News & World Report asking it to change its methodology to put more focus on institutions that educate students from many socioeconomic backgrounds. The letter follows some tweaks in the methodology this year, changes that critics said did little to shift the system away from one that favors wealthy institutions that educate many wealthy students. More...

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16 décembre 2018

New Campus Home for Silent Sam

By Scott Jaschik. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's board and chancellor on Monday unveiled a plan to return Silent Sam, a statue of a Confederate soldier, to campus. The statue would be housed in a new building that would cost more than $5 million to construct and $800,000 a year to maintain. More...

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16 décembre 2018

‘Land-Grant Universities for the Future’

By Scott Jaschik. An 1862 federal law, the Morrill Act, created land-grant universities. In the years since, some land-grant universities have become internationally prominent research universities, and many are crucial to their states. More...

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16 décembre 2018

Hockey Pucks to Fight Shooters on Campus

By Scott Jaschik. Oakland University, in Michigan, is distributing hockey pucks to faculty members and some students for use against active shooters on campus, The Detroit News reported. More...

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16 décembre 2018

Scholars Challenge Trump Shrinkage of National Monument

By Scott Jaschik. The American Anthropological Association, the Society for American Archaeology and the Archaeological Institute of America have joined to submit a brief in support of the plaintiffs who have sued the Trump administration alleging that the president does not have authority under the Antiquities Act to substantially reduce the size of Utah's Bears Ears National Monument. More...

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16 décembre 2018

Survey: Drop in Colleges Checking Social Media

By Scott Jaschik. A survey of colleges by Kaplan Test Prep finds, for the third year in a row, a decline in the share of colleges (25 percent this year) that check applicants' social media profiles during the admissions process. The figure was 40 percent in 2015. More...

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16 décembre 2018

Former Students Sue Over Mount Ida Closure

By Scott Jaschik. Former students have sued the defunct Mount Ida College, its former board members and some of its representatives, MassLive reported. More...

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16 décembre 2018

Insuring Against Drop in Chinese Students

By Ellie Bothwell for Times Higher Education. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has paid $424,000 to insure itself against a significant drop in tuition revenue from Chinese students. More...

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