Filter & Sort
Know a Problem to Fix It
States have chaotic lack of consistency in how they track college remediation, according to the Education Commission of the States, which seeks national standards.
When to Intervene
Students, faculty members and administrators expect their institutions to crack down on abusive social media posts, a new study finds -- but not to monitor their activity.
Black Professor Body-Slammed
Video showing Arizona State police arrest of a faculty member stemming from jaywalking incident provokes outrage.
Opinion
Dissertation Advisers and Their Motives
Professors need to ask themselves why they seek to supervise the work of Ph.D. students, and whose interests are being served, writes Heather Dubrow.
Blind Students and Health Professions
Iowa Supreme Court rules that chiropractic college cannot reject a student's request to meet requirements for analyzing X-rays through a reader.
Liberal But Tolerant
Controversial survey of political climate at University of Colorado finds (to no one's surprise) that conservatives are in the minority, but also found that 96 percent of students believe their instructors promote respectful classroom environments.
Expulsion Presumed
Colleges facing criticism over their handling of sexual assault allegations debate whether the best policy is to automatically kick out those found guilty.
Mean Tweets, Academic Style
Professors read barbed student reviews, in a Jimmy Kimmel joke transplanted to academe by a student newspaper.