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Academic Minute: Viperin
Today on the Academic Minute, Steven Almo, professor in the department of biochemistry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine...
Education Dept. Penalizes University of Southern California
An investigation by the federal agency's Office for Civil Rights found the university failed to protect students from a serial sexual predator employed as a gynecologist at the campus health center.
Education Department Launches Investigation of ACICS
U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos told a House education appropriations subcommittee that the department has launched an investigation of the...
Columbia College Trims Staff
Columbia College, a private nonprofit based in Columbia, Mo., which operates 40 regional campuses, is laying off 49 employees. Columbia...
Nicotine and E-Cigarettes
What makes someone dependent on e-cigarettes? In today's Academic Minute, St. Michael's College's Ari Kirshenbaum devised a game to find...
Even ‘Valid’ Student Evaluations Are ‘Unfair'
New study says student evaluations of teaching are still deeply flawed measures of teaching effectiveness, even when we assume they are unbiased and reliable.
Go East (or North), Regional Accreditor
Freed by new U.S. rules, the accrediting agency for California, Hawaii and the Pacific Islands will review colleges outside its region -- the first regional accreditor to make such a move.
Drilling Down Into Distance Education Data
New online learning stats show growing demand for online programs across state lines and shed new light on in-state online enrollments.