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Confusion Over a New Unit at Chapel Hill
UNC-Chapel Hill’s board chairman told Fox News a new school would provide equal opportunity for right- and left-of-center views. Faculty, caught off guard, have expressed concerns, while the provost says it’s not what it sounds like.
Making Sure a Degree Is Worth More Than a Diploma
In Colorado, falling enrollment and growing skepticism of higher ed’s worth prompted a proposal to measure the “economic value” of academic programs at public colleges. Some leaders are wary.
Ex-Dean Sues President and Provost for Racial Bias
A former dean of Thomas Edison State University sued the university, its president and its provost for discrimination based on...
St. Joseph’s Cuts 4 Programs Acquired in Merger
When St. Joseph’s University absorbed the University of the Sciences in June, officials noted that the merger allowed St. Joseph’s...
Seminary to Merge With East Texas Baptist University
B. H. Carroll Theological Institute, a small Baptist seminary near Dallas, is merging with East Texas Baptist University. B. H...
How Hate Can Impede the Climate Change Fight: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Emily Huddart Kennedy, associate professor and associate head in the department of sociology at the...
ICYMI | Coping Classes Comfort College Students
The University of Maryland, College Park, trials a one-credit emotional regulation course.
Part Women’s Center, Part Success Center: It Makes an Impact
Utah Valley University center leverages “IQ and EQ,” or being data-informed and person-centric, to boost enrollment and persistence.