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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.
UC Santa Cruz Strike Spreads
The University of California, Santa Cruz’s ongoing graduate employee strike over a requested cost of living adjustment spread to two...
Education Department Creates Coronavirus Task Force
Betsy DeVos, the U.S. secretary of education, announced Thursday that the Education Department is creating a task force to prepare...
Identifying Local Skills Gaps
New report from Emsi explains how regions can use data to identify skills gaps, which vary wildly across cities and even within industries, and what that means for higher ed.
Report Challenges Value of Textbook Auto-Billing
Contracts between colleges and publishers allowing students to be automatically billed for course materials as part of their college fees...
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...
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.
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.