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Syracuse Restores Classes on Day Students Partied
In 2005, Syracuse University created MayFest, a one-day festival of academic events, with regular classes called off for the day...
Court Rules Against Carnegie Mellon in Investor Dispute
Carnegie Mellon University must defend itself against charges that it fraudulently and negligently misrepresented the state of its research on...
More Anger After College Statement on Suspension of 4 Profs
Southwestern College, a community college outside San Diego, has been under fire since last week's suspension of four faculty members...
Can Free Speech Be Furloughed?
The day after a peaceful protest over budget conditions at a California community college, four professors -- including a union president -- are placed on leave and banned from campus.
In the Crosshairs?
Panel appointed by Education Department to consider new rules on financial aid "integrity" tilts toward critics of for-profit higher education.
Assessment vs. Action
Vast majority of colleges have systems in place to measure what undergraduates learn, survey finds. But using that information? That’s another story.
Turning Surveys Into Reforms
10 years after launch of National Survey of Student Engagement, many worry that colleges have been speedier to embrace giving the questionnaire than using its results. And some experts want changes in what the survey measures.
The Nuclear Option
Facing a fiscal crisis and little prospect of tax-supported revenue in the near future, Colorado State hypothetically entertains privatization.