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Teaching Eval Shake-Up
Most institutions say they value teaching. But how they assess it tells a different story. University of Southern California has stopped using student evaluations of teaching in promotion decisions in favor of peer-review model. Oregon seeks to end quantitative evaluations of teaching for holistic model.
Enrollment Declines Steepest in Midwest and Northeast
Overall college enrollments continue to slide, according to the latest data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, a nonprofit...
SUNY Official Quits One Day After Exposé
On Sunday, The Times Union reported on numerous falsehoods about his own background attributed to Sergio A. Garcia, senior vice...
Education Department Criticized for Investigating Yale
The National Women's Law Center on Monday blasted the Education Department for investigating Yale University for potentially discriminating against men...
New ACT Rules on Those With Disabilities
ACT on Monday announced new rules on the time provided for some with disabilities related to learning to take the...
Academic Minute: Surprising Implications of Extraterrestrial Life
Today on the Academic Minute: Timothy Mulgan, professor of philosophy at the University of Auckland, discusses a philosophical viewpoint of...
Finalists for UMass Boston Chancellor Withdraw
All three finalists to become chancellor of the University of Massachusetts have dropped out of the search, the Associated Press...
More Fallout From Mount Ida Closure
Many questions and few answers about the personal and business ties between the president of the now defunct college and a wealthy benefactor.