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Academic Minute: Galactic Gravitational Interactions
In today’s Academic Minute, Larry Widrow of Queen's University, in Ontario, reveals evidence for a galactic shakeup, right in our...
Oregon Won't Use Political Consultants for Student Vote
The University of Oregon has called off plans to pay political consultants $25,000 to influence a student vote on new...
A MOOC Without an Instructor
There's a new kind of massive open online course (MOOC), and it lacks an instructor, The New York Times reported...
Faculty Senate Leader Arrested at Tennessee State
Jane Davis, chair of the Faculty Senate at Tennessee State University, was arrested for disorderly conduct at a Senate meeting...
New Highs in Latino Enrollments
Latino enrollments in higher education passed several milestones in 2011, according to a new report from the Pew Hispanic Center...
$81,000 in the Desk Drawer
Missouri State University officials said Tuesday that they had fired Mark Brixey as bookstore manager after he couldn't account for...
West Virginia U. Named Top Party School
It's a ranking that makes many administrators cringe: top party school. On Monday, Princeton Review gave the "honor" to West...
Iranian Universities Ban Women From Many Fields
Woman have been banned from 77 fields of study at 36 Iranian universities, The New York Times reported. At many...