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New Panel to Study Distance Education Regulation
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and the State Higher Education Executive Officers have created a panel to study...
Howard Hughes Institute to Provide $50M in Grants to Small Colleges
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is today announcing $50 million in grants to help 47 small colleges and universities collaborate...
College Wins Legal Fight Over Land Use
The Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts on Tuesday sided with Regis College in a dispute over its plans to build...
Report Links Civics Knowledge to Voting Rates
Students who don't learn civics -- starting at young ages -- are less likely to grow up to be students...
Demographic Shifts at CUNY
At the five most competitive colleges in the City University of New York, the combination of tougher admissions standards and...
Invasive Catfish and the Manatee
In today’s Academic Minute, Stetson University's Melissa Gibbs explores how an invasive species of catfish is making life hard for...
MOOCs and the Professoriate
The three national faculty unions are studying the movement taking off in online education -- and they aren't thrilled with what they see.
Engineered for Speed
MIT's three-month presidential search suggests that with all the change going on in higher education, universities don't have the time or appetite for drawn-out selection processes.