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Universities Under Attack
New report documents a range of types of attacks on higher education worldwide, including killings, imprisonments, wrongful dismissals and expulsions, and restrictions on the movements of students and scholars.
Win for Writing Instructors
Non-tenure track professors at Arizona State, after months of protesting a plan they called unfair to them and their students, receive more money and the option to avoid a 5-5 course load.
Humanities Windfall
In an era when the humanities are overlooked or derided by politicians, one Ohio community college landed a $10 million grant to boost the liberal arts.
Finding a New Compass
ACT decides to drop its popular Compass placement test, with a nod toward research showing that Compass funnels too many community college students into remedial courses.
Newly Tenured... at Iona, Middlebury, U of Kansas, U of San Diego
The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges and universities: Iona College Marcus Aldredge, sociology Manuel Gomez...
Defining Competency
Education Department and regional accreditors seek common ground on competency-based education, including what the faculty role should be in the emerging form of higher education.
Sexorship at Northwestern?
Did the university demand the removal of a controversial journal issue from its website and then threaten to censor future issues?
Opinion
Transcendental Medication
A historian of journalism's new book takes us back to the psychedelic… 1950s? Scott McLemee goes along for the trip.