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Academic Minute: Outdoor Spaces and Stress
Today on the Academic Minute, Amber Pearson, assistant professor in the department of geography at Michigan State University, examines why...
Texas Tech to Open Costa Rica Campus
Texas Tech University announced plans Thursday to open a branch campus in San José, Costa Rica, in partnership with the...
3 Community Colleges to Be Merged in Alabama
The Alabama Community College System's Board of Trustees has endorsed a plan to consolidate three two-year institutions in the southern...
Racial Gaps: Does the Public Care?
New study documents continuing gaps (and some progress) in educational attainment of black and Latino students compared to white and Asian students. Another study suggests most people aren’t that worried about the issue.
New Presidents or Provosts: Del Mar College, Emory U, North Georgia Technical College, Ohio State U, Santa Ana College, Southern Illinois U-Edwardsville, U of Hawaii-West Oahu, U of the Rockies, Walla Walla CC
Derek Brandes, vice president of instruction at Green River Community College, in Washington, has been chosen as president of Walla...
U Texas to Punish Professors Who Bar Guns From Class
In legal papers filed this week, the University of Texas and the state attorney general said that professors in the...
Extreme Experts
What is an extreme expert? In today's Academic Minute, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Wayne Gray looks at this group and their...
Earlier FAFSA Popular, but Problematic, Too
The federal financial aid application now allows students to use existing federal tax data, designed to inform families earlier about their available aid. But student advocates say colleges may undercut progress by moving up their own deadlines for students.