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House Education Aide Nominated to Ed Department Post
President Obama on Thursday nominated Gabriella Gomez, a senior education aide to the head of the House Education and Labor...
Accountability and Stimulus Science Funds
As excited as they are by the prospect of tens of billions of dollars in federal research funds flowing from...
Pay Soars for British University Chiefs
Add another item to the list of ways in which American higher education is the model for the rest of...
AFT President Denounces Academic Boycott of Israel
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, on Wednesday issued a statement condemning efforts by a group of...
Bill Expanding National Service Nears Passage
The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation that would more than triple the number of participants in the AmeriCorps...
Nevada Gov. Seeks to Avoid Stimulus Demand to Spend on Higher Ed
The governor of Nevada has asked the U.S. Education Department to exempt the state from a requirement that it restore...
Grade Inflation in British Admissions?
British universities are divided over whether to embrace the use of a new top grade -- A* -- on students'...
Groups to Ask U.S. to Stop Denying Visas to Scholars
A coalition of scholarly and civil liberties groups plan to urge President Obama today to abandon the Bush administration's approach...