Filter & Sort
AAUP Censures 4 Colleges
In two cases, and another in which censure was lifted, focus was treatment of adjuncts. Association also drafts policies to call for more protections for graduate students.
Student Drinking and Drinking-Related Deaths Are Increasing
The rates at which college students engage in binge drinking and drunk driving and die in alcohol-related incidents are all...
A College for History Only
Founder of non-traditional law school is creating undergraduate institution, hoping to apply similar ideas to keep costs unusually low for private higher education.
Student Coalition Forms to Back Open Access
Several student groups have issued a statement to jointly back the open access movement in which scholarly research is shared...
A No-Risk Tuition Increase?
With a projected $700 million cut on the horizon, California's community colleges could increase tuition with no impact on most students, new report says.
Fiscal Emergency Declared for Washington State 2-Year Colleges
The Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges on Thursday declared a state of financial emergency, citing cuts in...
Surprising Source of Grade Inflation
Virginia's high-stakes high school test -- and incentives used to get students to take it -- may have driven up grade point averages of college applicants from the commonwealth, study finds.
Casteen to Retire From Virginia Presidency
John T. Casteen III announced Friday that he will retire next year from the presidency of the University of Virginia...