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Racial Literacy as a Professor's Responsibility
AAUP sessions center on faculty members' role and responsibilities regarding classroom conversations about race.
Academic Minute: Learning From Mistakes
Today in the Academic Minute, Samuel Sober, an assistant professor in the biology department at Emory University, explores which parts...
Launch of MOOCs-for-Refugees Program
The U.S. Department of State and massive open online course provider Coursera are partnering to launch Coursera for Refugees, a...
Accreditor Puts 5 Colleges on Probation
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools has put four small private colleges and one community college on notice, mostly due to financial problems.
Controversial President Quits at Green River College
Eileen Ely resigned Thursday, effective immediately, as president of Green River College, The Seattle Times reported. Ely did not state...
MIT Offers Employees Free Bus and Subway Passes
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has announced a new employee benefit: free passes for local bus and subway service. The...
Wisdom, Meditation and Ballet, Too
Does wisdom come from the mind or does the body have a part to play as well? In today's Academic...
More State Funds, on One Condition
To receive portions of the money allocated to them in the new state budget, California's public universities will need to admit more in-state students.