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Completion Rates Rising, Slowly
The latest report from the National Student Clearinghouse finds completion rates still rising across all sectors in higher education, but with a slowing pace.
Academic Minute: Thrill-Seeking Behavior
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Oxford College of Emory University Week, Kenneth Carter, professor of psychology, explores the...
Woman Charged With Paying Someone to Take Online Classes for Her Son
Karen Littlefair, a California woman, has been charged and has agreed to plead guilty to charges that she paid someone...
Accessible Instructional Materials Bill Reintroduced, Again
Legislation promoting equal access to instructional materials for students with disabilities was reintroduced to the U.S. House of Representatives last...
Blackboard Behind Bars
Colleges and corrections departments increasingly are turning to online instruction for incarcerated students. But while those programs may be easier to scale, challenges and questions about quality remain.
More Support for Harvard Ethnic Studies Scholar Denied Tenure
More than 200 senior scholars in Latinx and Latin American studies, ethnic studies, women’s and gender studies, and other fields wrote a letter Monday to Harvard University president Lawrence Bacow in support of a professor who was recently denied tenure.
UC Santa Cruz Grad Assistants Strike for COLA
Graduate students at the University of California, Santa Cruz, called a grade strike this week, seeking a $1,412-a-month cost of...
A Fake University
International students say they were recruited by the University of Farmington -- set up by the U.S. government as part of a sting operation focused on student visa fraud -- after their institutions lost accreditation. Some blame the government for setting the students up.