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Bill Would Require Federal Agencies to Report Work With HBCUs
Bipartisan legislation introduced Wednesday would codify into law a 2017 executive order directing federal agencies to work more closely with...
Creighton Won't Honor Alumnus, Citing Offensive Emails
Creighton University will honor some of its alumni at a ceremony Friday, but the university has dropped Joe Ricketts from...
At Williams, a New Way to Help Low-Income Students
Many colleges, even those with exceptionally generous aid programs for low-income students, require aid recipients to contribute some summer earnings...
Faculty Revolt at American University in Cairo
The University Senate at American University in Cairo this week voted that it lacked confidence in Francis J. Ricciardone, a...
Mixed Results on Note-Taking by Hand or Laptop
A study in the journal Educational Psychology Review ( abstract available here) returns to the issue of whether students learn...
Academic Minute: Mindfulness in Schools
Today on the Academic Minute, Jessica Kendorski, professor in the department of school psychology at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic...
Cyndy Littlefield, Expert on Student Aid, Dies
Cynthia A. Littlefield (right), vice president for federal relations at the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, died Tuesday. Littlefield...
Unexplained Departures at Lindenwood
Two weeks ago, the president of Lindenwood University Belleville left his position after going on administrative leave. Now, Michael Shonrock...