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Fault Lines on Display
In a fast-changing world, nearly everything is unsettled in higher education.
For College Presidents, Is 70 the New 50?
Administrators in their 60s and 70s keep snagging prestigious university presidencies. Some see a roadblock rising in front of a new generation of more diverse leaders, while others believe boards are valuing experience and wisdom.
Academic Minute: Yetis
Today on the Academic Minute, Stephanie Gill, Ph.D. candidate at the University at Buffalo, discusses samples found in the Himalayas...
After Borrower Defense Negotiation Fails, Department to Craft New Rule
Negotiators failed to reach consensus Thursday on new language for borrower-defense regulations, clearing the way for the U.S. Department of...
Stanford Professor Gets White Powder in Mail
Michele Dauber, the Frederick I. Richman Professor of Law Stanford University and a frequent critic of institutions’ responses to sexual...
A College in the Library
Bard College opens its second "microcollege" in Brooklyn Public Library. The free program, which selects ambitious applicants from underprivileged backgrounds, culminates in an associate's degree.
‘Here We Are Again’
Scholarly society for engineers and technologists is on blast once again for allegedly minimizing the work of female historians who write about bias against women in technology.
Educause Purchases New Media Consortium
Educause said Thursday that it is buying the assets of the New Media Consortium, a now defunct organization best known...