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November 19, 2018
New paper explores just what faculty candidates include in their statements, which are currently the subject of debate.
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November 19, 2018
Dozens of colleges in California have canceled classes, some through the Thanksgiving holiday.
November 16, 2018
Federal complaint says college repeatedly ignored reports of three former professors' "Animal House" behavior in harassing students.
November 16, 2018
Faculty at Kean University's campus in China, currently employed by Kean, will soon be employed by the Chinese campus. Kean says it is retaining control over academics, but the faculty union says the change raises academic freedom concerns.
November 16, 2018
David L. Warren has led the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities since 1993, lobbying aggressively for his members and their students.
November 15, 2018
Chapel Hill students are being harassed by a white nationalist online commentator with ties to the alleged Pittsburgh synagogue shooter.
November 15, 2018
Under pressure to close funding and enrollment gaps, a small, private liberal arts institution in New Jersey expands academic offerings, then proposes cutting noninstructional budgets. Will Drew's strategy work?
November 15, 2018
An investigation into a Texas community college found that administrators improperly changed nursing students' grades from failing to passing.
November 15, 2018
In her book, Susan Harlan imagines sitting down with literature's favorite characters to learn more about their interior decorating sense.
November 15, 2018
President of Peking University replaced by Communist Party official, alarming many academics.
November 14, 2018
What a difference a chair makes: study finds female chairs improve departments' gender diversity and equity.
November 14, 2018
As Amazon green-lights two new headquarters in New York and Northern Virginia, universities and colleges scramble to create a talent pipeline for tens of thousands of high-paying tech jobs.
November 14, 2018
More Pell Grant recipients attended community colleges last summer, survey finds, after the federal government reinstated eligibility for year-round grants.
November 14, 2018
A professor at UT San Antonio was recorded calling the police on an African American student who had propped her feet up on the seat in front of her.
November 14, 2018
University moves to acquire a 210-student college in London, the New College of the Humanities, which attracted an all-star roster of visiting professors but has struggled to meet enrollment and financial goals. What's in it for Northeastern and NCH?
November 14, 2018
After years of avoiding public comment about her college years, the former first lady uses autobiography to describe what it was like to be a working-class black student at an elite, predominantly white campus.
November 13, 2018
The number of new international students fell by 6.6 percent at U.S. universities in fall 2017, and the decline appears to be continuing this fall, according to new data.
November 13, 2018
The number of Americans studying abroad continues to increase and grow more racially diverse. Participation in short-term programs is booming, while the number of students studying abroad for a full year is decreasing.
November 13, 2018
Scholars will launch interdisciplinary journal that allows authors to publish under pseudonyms, citing recent threats against polarizing academics. Some like the idea, while posing practical and ethical objections.
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