By Rick Seltzer. Over the last few weeks, several public flagship research universities have announced multibillion-dollar fund-raising campaigns running into 2022. Another private research university said it is trying to raise $1 billion. Even some institutions without the size and reach to set targets in the billions of dollars are stretching their goals to record levels. More...
By Rick Seltzer. Students currently pay tuition, mandatory fees for services and course-related fees for certain classes. They will continue to pay tuition and mandatory fees, but the university is ending the practice of charging extra course-related fees. More...
By Rick Seltzer. Wheelock College will merge into Boston University in June under an agreement announced Wednesday, bringing together the two institutions with campuses separated by about a mile. More...
By Rick Seltzer. Faculty members at Westminster Choir College are balking after they say they learned a proposed buyer of the college is in fact a for-profit company running K-12 schools in Asia that has no higher education experience. More...
By Colleen Flaherty. Professors from around the world say they won’t advise students to study or work at Rochester in light of institution’s alleged attempts to downplay serious harassment case. Is this next tactic in battle against discrimination. More...
By Colleen Flaherty. Fordham’s English department is giving those finishing doctorates $4,500 each to help with the many costs associated with finding a position. More...
By Colleen Flaherty. As more and more sexual harassment cases involving faculty members come to light, a significant share of them date back 10, 20 and even 30 years. More...
By Colleen Flaherty. Knox College in Illinois this week canceled a planned production of Bertolt Brecht’s The Good Person of Szechwan, based on student protests that it is racially insensitive. More...
By Colleen Flaherty. Full-time jobs in English and languages continue to decline, reaching a new low, says preliminary annual jobs report from the Modern Language Association. More...
By Colleen Flaherty. The new chancellor of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale has big plans to eliminate all departments across campus, in the name of “synergy” and cost savings. But many professors question his motives and doubt it’s the right move. More...
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