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How Can Online College Be Both ‘Promising’ and ‘Predatory’?

As with health news about chocolate or wine, higher ed news about online college can seem contradictory. Some researchers say it’s time to retire one-word descriptors.

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Increasing Class Lengths… by 5 Minutes

The University of Delaware is increasing class lengths by five minutes to meet what its Faculty Senate said were federal minimum standards.

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Program Launch: Procurement Internship Prepares Students for Workforce

An internship pilot for government contracting is providing on-the-job training for Youngstown State University students while supporting local businesses.

UC San Diego Chancellor Gets $500K Raise

University of California, San Diego, chancellor Pradeep Khosla will receive a $500,000 raise to keep him from departing for the...

Harvard Receives $300 Million Gift

Harvard University announced a $300 million gift on Tuesday. The funds, from business leader and philanthropist Kenneth C. Griffin, will...

The End of American Academic Leadership: Academic Minute

Today on the Academic Minute: William C. Kirby, T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies at Harvard University and Spangler...
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How Students Feel About Grading

Student Voice survey data reveal five key differences in the ways students think about grades—as well as room for improvement in how professors assign grades and even design courses.

Students gather to protest anti-trans speaker Ian Haworth in the University of Albany's Campus Center; one holds a sign reading "transphobes, 0, trans people, 1."

Shouting Down Speakers Who Offend

Over the course of a month, students on several college campuses shut down speakers they disagreed with. Why is it so hard to forge a consensus on what protecting free speech really means?