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Become a Doctor, No Lectures Required

U of Vermont's College of Medicine announces it will get rid of lecture courses and completely reshape the faculty role -- a first for a traditional medical school.

Why the Dean Was Canned

Syracuse dismissed head of business school without public explanation and suspended him from faculty job. He had been arrested for patronizing a prostitute.
Opinion

HBCUs’ Self-Imposed Leadership Struggles

How can historically black colleges and universities recruit innovative leaders when board members and some HBCU community members fear innovation and change?

Strings Attached

Pizza baron's gift to Wayne State business school draws scrutiny over provisions requiring consulting with donors on certain courses and stipulations on what a dean should be paid.
Opinion

An Obituary for History

Lincoln University’s decision to suspend its history major ignores W. E. B. Du Bois’s belief in the power of history to shape lives in the present and his vision of the university as a center to help reconstruct the world, argues J. Mark Leslie.
Opinion

New Rule Threatens HBCUs

A proposed new federal rule could have unintended negative ramifications for historically black colleges and universities, argues Julianne Malveaux.

Nonprofits Are Vulnerable, Too

Education Department's proposed rule for student debt forgiveness could threaten traditional colleges as well as for-profits, particularly over its broad view of what counts as misrepresentation.

From Singapore to Santa Fe

An education company based in the Asian state seeks to buy the Santa Fe University of Art and Design.