Filter & Sort
When 'Full Funding' Isn't Full
Push by grad students at UT Austin shows how difficult it can be to define what doctoral support is needed -- and how to get it.
Going All In on Proficiencies
The University of Maine at Presque Isle is moving away from grades to competency-style education for all of its academic programs, with an announcement that both drew praise and raised questions.
Health Care Home Stretch
With young adults still under-represented under Obamacare, advocates and opponents make a final push to reach students before 2014 open enrollment closes.
A Rape Response Gone Wrong
After a student is sexually assaulted during a semester in Costa Rica, the faculty members who assisted her lose their jobs, the study abroad provider shuts its doors, and the student says the wrong people have been punished. What happened?
Classrooms, Courts or Neither?
Students, administrators and lawyers argue over whether and how colleges should adjudicate campus assault cases at U. of Virginia conference on sexual misconduct.
(More) Clarity on Adjunct Hours
Final IRS rules on employers' responsibility for health insurance requires colleges to credit adjuncts with 2.25 hours of work for each hour they teach; rules don't exempt student employees.
Straight Talk on Sexual Violence
Presidents whose campuses have been shaken by sexual misconduct speak about the issue with unusual candor at a University of Virginia "dialogue."
It's Not All Bad
The state of academic rigor and student engagement in the classroom isn't in a total state of decay, but there is plenty to be desired, study suggests.