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Saudi Arabia Opens Its Largest Women's College
Saudi Arabia on Sunday opened the campus of Princess Nora bint Abdulrahman University, which, with an enrollment of up to...
McJobs vs. University
Jill McDonald, the head of the British division of McDonald's, gave a talk this week in which she said that...
Mixed on Media
E-readers are in, but e-textbooks are not, according to a new student survey.
Stanford Adds Alumni Interviews
Until now, the university has been unusual among elite colleges in not having graduates meet applicants. Why is it changing now?
Fixing Accreditation, From the Inside
Higher ed associations create panel to study and suggest changes to quality assurance system -- not least to ward off government action.
FIPSE Calls Off Grant Competition
The U.S. Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education in March sought applications for its "comprehensive" grant program, with the...
U.S. Eases Immigration Rules for Foreign STEM Graduates
Days after a speech in which President Obama vowed to reform U.S. immigration policy in part by making it easier...
Translating 'Grad Student' Into English
Several years working on a Ph.D. in the back corner of a chemistry lab or lost in a library’s stacks...