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Hertz Foundation Names New President
The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation, which supports Ph.D. students in the biological, engineering and physical sciences, has named Carnegie...
San Diego Community Colleges Boost Degree Production
Officials at the San Diego Community College District in California will see a significant increase in the number of degrees...
Transfer Credits at UConn
New data from the University of Connecticut reveal transfer students from the Connecticut Community Colleges system lost on average 12...
Childlessness Declining Amid the Highly Degreed
The days when advanced degrees went hand in hand with childlessness appear to be disappearing. A study released Thursday by...
Institutions Make Decisions on Summer Travel to Nepal
Columbia University has prohibited all university-related undergraduate travel to Nepal following the recent 7.8-magnitude earthquake. Duke University has also restricted...
University Leaders Make Pledges Toward Greater Gender Equality
Five university presidents have signed on so far to the UN Women’s HeForShe campaign by making specific commitments to improve...
Alternative Remedial Math in California
Alternate remedial math sequences that emphasize statistics and quantitative reasoning instead of college algebra have yielded promising results at community...
Academic Minute: Meaningful Translations
In today's Academic Minute, Kathleen Hart, a professor of French at Vassar College, discusses the nature of creating meaningful translations...