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Corinthian Faces Securities Commission Investigation
The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating Corinthian Colleges Inc., the for-profit chain disclosed Monday in a corporate filing. In...
U. of Washington Will Require Diversity Course
The University of Washington -- following years of debate -- has decided to require all undergraduates to complete a course...
UNC Chair Fired Over No-Show Classes Was Close to Athletes' Academic Counselors
The former department chair at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who was widely blamed for no-show classes...
Analysis of University Funding Finds Growing Gaps Across Europe
A new analysis of the state of public funding of universities from the European University Association warns of a widening...
Academic Minute: Roman Shoes
In today’s Academic Minute, Elizabeth Green of the University of Western Ontario explains what shoes found at an archaeological dig...
Denver's New Approach to Remedial Ed
The Denver public school district is trying a new approach to deal with the problem of high school graduates who...
Higher Ed Bubble Watch
It has become trendy if not clichéd in recent years to declare that higher ed is the next "bubble" in...
Challenging Conventional Wisdom on Changing Answers on Standardized Tests
Conventional wisdom holds that -- on standardized tests -- when test-takers aren't certain, they should stick with their first choice...