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Report: Anti-Semitic Incidents on Campus Increasing
A total of 90 anti-Semitic incidents were reported on campuses in 2015, up from 47 in 2014, according to a...
ACT Starts Center on Equity in Education
ACT on Wednesday announced the creation of the ACT Center for Equity in Learning, which will bring together many of...
Cravings
Which part of your brain is responsible for giving in to cravings? In today's Academic Minute, the University of Missouri's...
Shrinking Job Security
After the State College of Florida replaced a tenure-like system with three-year contracts for all new faculty members, some complained. So the board shifted to one-year contracts.
Learning to Adapt
Major study of adaptive learning finds inconclusive results about its ability to improve outcomes and lower costs, but use at two-year colleges and in remedial courses shows potential.
AFT Urges Stronger Regulation of For-Profits
The American Federation of Teachers released a report Wednesday examining ways the Education Department can handle failing for-profit institutions. "Students...
New Presidents or Provosts: Aurora U, Bemidji State U, Capilano U, Converse College, Metropolitan State U, St. John Fisher College, Umpqua CC, Wayland Baptist U
Virginia Arthur, provost at Metropolitan State University, in Minnesota, has been selected as president there. Frank M. Buscher, vice president...
Mainstreaming Remedial Math
Statistical courses, rather than algebra remediation, do a better job at helping first-year students succeed when they test into developmental education, a new report finds.