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Wall Separating Black College From White Neighborhood Torn Down
an eight-foot wall originally erected to keep Morgan State University, a historically Black institution, separate from an adjoining white neighborhood...
Supreme Court Rejects Borrower-Defense Appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to block a class-action settlement in a long-running lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education...
New Presidents or Provosts: Arkansas Southeastern College, Bowdoin College, Corban U, Pace U, Samuel Merritt U, U of Oregon, West Virginia Wesleyan College
Brian Clocksin, vice provost for strategic initiatives at the University of La Verne, in California, has been appointed provost at...
New Interactive Tool Aims to Track and Predict Enrollment
The Sorenson Impact Center has launched a new interactive data tool to help institutions anticipate future enrollment trends in higher...
Harvard Faculty Forms Group on Academic Freedom
Fifty faculty members at Harvard University have created the Council on Academic Freedom at Harvard. In an op-ed in The...
Shouting Down Speakers Who Offend
Over the course of a month, students on several college campuses shut down speakers they disagreed with. Why is it so hard to forge a consensus on what protecting free speech really means?
How Can Online College Be Both ‘Promising’ and ‘Predatory’?
As with health news about chocolate or wine, higher ed news about online college can seem contradictory. Some researchers say it’s time to retire one-word descriptors.
Increasing Class Lengths… by 5 Minutes
The University of Delaware is increasing class lengths by five minutes to meet what its Faculty Senate said were federal minimum standards.