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John Ebersole, Former Excelsior President, Dies
John F. Ebersole (at right), until recently president of Excelsior College, died last week, at the age of 72. He...
Canadian Literary Figures Divide Over Ex-Professor
Canadian authors and academics are dividing over the case of Steven Galloway (right), an acclaimed novelist who was until last...
Academic Minute: Exercise Routines and Intrinsic Rewards
Today on the Academic Minute, Alison Phillips, assistant professor of psychology at Iowa State University, examines a way to make...
Fort Hays President Leaves Abruptly
Mirta M. Martin, president of Fort Hays State University, left the position last week, effective immediately, with a university press...
Chancellor of North Carolina Central Dies of Cancer
Debra Saunders-White, chancellor of North Carolina Central University since 2013, died Saturday. Saunders-White, 59, had been battling kidney cancer and...
Joint Federal Guidance on Low-Income Students
Federal agencies must do more to coordinate public benefits so that low-income students can access and complete college, the secretaries...
Some U of Phoenix Programs Fail Gainful Employment Standard
Academic programs enrolling roughly 16 percent of the University of Phoenix's student population do not pass the federal government's new...
'Feast or Famine' for Humanities Ph.D.s
Some doctorate earners emerge with high levels of debt, while a growing number have none. For a plurality, teaching assistantships are top source of revenue, but that's not the case for most other disciplines.