By Scott Jaschik. Two private colleges in New Hampshire -- New England College and the New Hampshire Institute of Art -- announced Tuesday that they plan to merge. More...
17 juin 2018
17 juin 2018
In Defense of the Liberal Arts
By Scott Jaschik. Two groups issue joint statement on "increasingly threatened" disciplines and approaches.
In an era when liberal arts programs are being eliminated or changed at institutions public and private, two organizations on Thursday issued a joint statement in defense of the values of liberal arts education and of liberal arts disciplines. More...
17 juin 2018
Hofstra Will Keep Its Jefferson Statue
By Scott Jaschik. Hofstra University has announced that it will reject calls from some students to remove a statue of Thomas Jefferson from a prominent spot on campus. An online petition said that it was inappropriate to have a slave owner honored in this way. More...
17 juin 2018
Debate on Role of Theory in Discipline of History
By Scott Jaschik. Three historians last week issued a manifesto, saying that the discipline of history has become dominated by empiricist approaches, to the neglect of the role of theory. This approach, they argue, limits the relevance of history as a field. More...
17 juin 2018
Court: Education Department Must Resume Debt Relief
By Scott Jaschik. A federal district court on Friday ordered the Education Department to resume full debt relief for those previously found to have been defrauded by the defunct for-profit Corinthian Colleges, the Associated Press reported. The Obama administration started a program for full debt relief, but the Trump administration pulled back that plan and said it would provide only partial relief, based on earnings data from students in comparable programs. More...
17 juin 2018
Small Christian College Announces It Will Close
By Scott Jaschik. Morthland College, a small Christian institution in Illinois, has announced that it is shutting down. The college has faced scrutiny from state officials and its accreditor, the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, since the U.S. Education Department put Morthland on the heightened cash monitoring list, which makes it more difficult for federal funds to flow to aid for the college's students. More...
17 juin 2018
Layoffs at Benedictine
By Scott Jaschik. Thirty-two nonfaculty employees at Benedictine University, in Illinois, were informed Friday that their jobs are being eliminated. Most of them worked at a Springfield campus that is being shut down. More...
17 juin 2018
Orthodontist With $1 Million in Student Debt
By Scott Jaschik. A profile in The Wall Street Journal explores how an orthodontist, Mike Meru, faces student loan debt of $1,060,945.42. His debt (much of it interest) comes entirely from paying for dental school at the University of Southern California. More...
17 juin 2018
New Privacy Guidance on Schools, Tests and Surveys
By Scott Jaschik. Education Department: When high schools or states register all students for SAT or ACT, parents must approve of participation in surveys that are used by colleges to recruit. More...
17 juin 2018
Race, History and Robert E. Lee
By Scott Jaschik. When a college is named for two slave owners, one of whom was a Confederate hero, history is complicated. Can Washington and Lee keep its name and still be seen as welcoming to all. More...
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