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2U Goes Undergrad
London School of Economics and its parent university will create a fully online data science degree. Program, priced at $20,000, is 2U's first foray into the bachelor's degree market.
Title IX a Sticking Point in Talks Over New Higher Ed Law
Resolving differences over sexual assault procedures, including requirements for live hearings, emerges as one of the biggest challenges for negotiating a reauthorization of the Higher Education Act.
Study Finds Foreign Ph.D.s Less Likely to Work for Start-Ups
Foreign Ph.D.s trained at U.S. universities are less likely than their American counterparts to work in start-up companies, according to...
Ugandan Academic Jailed for 18 Months for Insulting President
A prominent Ugandan academic was found guilty of cyberharassment and sentenced to 18 months in jail for Facebook posts insulting...
Academic Minute: Insurgent Women
Today on the Academic Minute, Jessica Trisko Darden, assistant professor at the school of international service at American University, explains...
Missouri Professors Object to Account Surplus Tax
Some 172 faculty members at the University of Missouri sent a letter to administrators criticizing a new tax on unspent...
Abstract ‘Spin’
Study says authors exaggerate their findings in paper abstracts, and that's a problem when readers take them at face value.
New Presidents or Provosts: Fort Lewis College, Furman U, Kent State U, Morgan State U, Northwestern College, Pitzer College, Reed College, Thomas More U, U of California Los Angeles, U of New Mexico, U of Pittsburgh-Greensburg
Audrey Bilger, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college and professor of English at Pomona College, in...