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Completion Rates Rising, Slowly
The latest report from the National Student Clearinghouse finds completion rates still rising across all sectors in higher education, but with a slowing pace.
More Support for Harvard Ethnic Studies Scholar Denied Tenure
More than 200 senior scholars in Latinx and Latin American studies, ethnic studies, women’s and gender studies, and other fields wrote a letter Monday to Harvard University president Lawrence Bacow in support of a professor who was recently denied tenure.
UC Santa Cruz Grad Assistants Strike for COLA
Graduate students at the University of California, Santa Cruz, called a grade strike this week, seeking a $1,412-a-month cost of...
A Fake University
International students say they were recruited by the University of Farmington -- set up by the U.S. government as part of a sting operation focused on student visa fraud -- after their institutions lost accreditation. Some blame the government for setting the students up.
Is 350 Books Enough?
University of Florida professor reprimanded after heatedly contesting the university library’s book checkout limit.
New Programs: Cloud Computing, Counseling, Special Education, Defense Engineering, Early Childhood Education
Delgado Community College is starting an associate of applied science in cloud computing. Indiana University at Bloomington is starting a...
Opinion
When Less Is More in the Classroom
Elizabeth Stice describes how she took a gamble and assigned only one book for the entire semester.
Blackboard Behind Bars
Colleges and corrections departments increasingly are turning to online instruction for incarcerated students. But while those programs may be easier to scale, challenges and questions about quality remain.