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Gift Will Turn Seminary Into Interfaith University
A $40 million gift being announced today by the Claremont School of Theology, a Methodist institution, will allow it to...
Women in Science and in National Academies
The National Academy of Sciences announced the election of 72 new members this month -- of whom 9 are women...
St. Andrews May Merge With Webber International
St. Andrews Presbyterian College, in North Carolina, may merge with Webber International University, in Florida. Both institutions are nonprofit, private...
Public Holds Mixed Views of Higher Ed
A majority of Americans (57 percent) believe that the higher education system in the country fails to provide students with...
New Effort to Understand Learning Outcomes
A group of public and for-profit institutions has agreed to collaborate on a project aimed at finding a common way...
McJobs vs. University
Jill McDonald, the head of the British division of McDonald's, gave a talk this week in which she said that...
U. of Texas System Regents Back Research -- and Their Chancellor
Francisco G. Cigarroa, chancellor of the University of Texas System, on Thursday defended the importance of research at the state...
Academic Minute: IT Etiquette in the Workplace
In today’s Academic Minute, Matthew Randall of York College of Pennsylvania explains the new set of challenges information technology is...