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New California Law Offers Protection to Injured Athletes
Governor Jerry Brown has signed into California law a measure that will require universities that receive more than $10 million...
The Irish University Merger Nobody Wants
An article in The Irish Times explores the reasons why experts periodically propose (as happened last week in a government-requested...
Eugene Genovese, 1930-2012
Eugene Genovese -- a historian revered for his studies of American slavery and activist known for his political evolution --...
Kaplan to Close 9 Campuses
Kaplan's higher education division announced Friday that it will close nine campuses, The Washington Post (which owns Kaplan) reported. The...
Academic Minute: Mayan Urbanization and Natural Resources
In today’s Academic Minute, Vernon Scarborough of the University of Cincinnati explores the complex infrastructure that supplied the largest Mayan...
Which Universities Pay the Most to Localities?
A report Friday from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy explores changes in the payments colleges, universities and other tax-exempt...
Texas Southern Suspends Marching Band
Texas Southern University has suspended its marching band, pending an investigation of a report about hazing by one section of...
Report: Duncan Would Stay for 2nd Term, Focus on College Prices
WASHINGTON -- Education Secretary Arne Duncan will stay for a second term if President Obama is re-elected -- "unless the...