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Report Tracks Not Just Degrees, but Payoff
Lumina Foundation’s latest report looks beyond who earned a credential to whether that credential leads to real wage gains.
Antitrust Lawsuit Against Academic Publishers Dismissed
A federal judge last week dismissed a lawsuit filed by researchers alleging that major corporate publishers colluded to control the...
Can Embattled Women’s and Gender Studies Programs Survive?
Scholars say recent Republican-led attacks on the field are nothing new, but nonetheless alarming.
Houston University Asks Faculty to Pledge Not to ‘Indoctrinate’ Students
Faculty members in the University of Houston’s College of Liberal Arts and Social Science were asked to sign a three-page...
Green River College Removes President
Green River College trustees announced this week they voted to terminate President Suzanne Johnson’s contract following a budget crisis that...
U.K. Universities Decline New Elsevier Deal
Sheffield, Lancaster and Surrey join Essex, Kent and Sussex in walking away from a proposed three-year deal with world’s largest academic publisher.
Education Dept. Tells Universities Not to Use Student Voting Data
The department announced Thursday it’s investigating Tufts University and the National Student Clearinghouse over alleged student privacy violations in the National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement.
Tenure Eliminated at Oklahoma Colleges
Regional and community college professors will no longer receive tenure; research university faculty are spared, with some exceptions.