Academics

New federal policies will probably create challenges for everyone—students, employees and higher ed institutions alike—but institutions should take particular notice, Howard Pashman writes.

New research argues that increases in GPAs are responsible for the rise in college completion rates since the 1990s.

Higher education thought leaders and colleges are working together to create a three-year bachelor’s degree program that will offer all the value of a four-year degree—for less cost.

Disabilities services professionals want to get the word out about how students may be affected by long COVID. A new workbook offers tips for those helping these students navigate college while coping with the virus's lingering effects.

Some West Liberty faculty members have called on W. Franklin Evans to resign, while others seek a vote of no confidence. Students and faculty are looking to the board to act on the issue.

In at least three speeches, West Liberty University’s president lifted language from a handful of unattributed sources. Faculty members are outraged.

David Rettinger and Kate McConnell offer five ways colleges and universities can promote academic integrity not as a bludgeon to punish students but as a set of educationally necessary actions that lead to authentic learning.