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Pearson's New Badging Platform
Pearson, the education-technology company, this week announced that it has created a new digital badging system, dubbed Acclaim. The open...
Vote of No Confidence in President of King U.
Faculty members have voted no confidence and students are protesting Gregory Jordan, the president of King University, in Tennessee, The...
New Push to Boost Numbers of Minority STEM Ph.D.s
California Institute of Technology, Stanford University, and the University of California campuses at Berkeley and Los Angeles jointly announced a...
Academic Minute: Marriage and Poverty
In today’s Academic Minute, Matthew Johnson of Binghamton University explains the link between poverty and marriage stability. Learn more about...
Record Share of Wives 'Marry Down' Educationally
A record share of wives are "marrying down" educationally, and have more education than do their husbands, according to a...
Kline, Foxx Take Aim at Obama’s Push on Higher Ed
Two key Republicans on the House education committee on Wednesday criticized the Obama administration for its recent executive actions on...
Swiss Immigration Vote Could Hurt Higher Ed Ties
Swiss President Didier Burkhalter this week warned that his country's scientists and university students could be hurt because of the...
MIT Is Latest College With Admissions Email Snafu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology is apologizing to applicant who received an email that was supposed to be about financial aid...