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Rejecting a Sex Offender's Contributions
Two MIT researchers resign from the Media Lab over its ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
Taverns
The tavern was a special place in colonial America. In today's Academic Minute, the University of Central Arkansas' Vaughn Scribner...
3 Law Schools Pass the $100,000-a-Year Mark
Columbia, Stanford and Chicago law will charge more than $100,000 to attend in the 2019-20 academic year, but passing that benchmark won't hurt their popularity, experts say.
Online Education Start-Up, Backed by Research University Credit
Outlier, from founder of MasterClass, aims to create high-quality, low-priced ($400) gen-ed courses to help community college students transfer. Credits will bear University of Pittsburgh's name.
George Washington Ends Fixed Tuition
George Washington University announced that it will end its fixed tuition program next year. Under the program, each class of...
The Limited Role of Evidence in Ed-Tech Decisions
A research study finds many higher ed institutions are selecting expensive new ed-tech tools without strong evidence they improve student learning.
What Chinese Students in the U.S. Are Reading
The New Yorker published a feature article about College Daily, an online, Chinese-language publication widely read by Chinese students in...
Ph.D. Student Prevented From Leaving Egypt
The Middle East Studies Association’s Committee on Academic Freedom wrote to Egyptian government authorities asking them to lift restrictions on...