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Is Blackboard Stretching Itself Too Thin?
Blackboard wants to be a cutting-edge software provider and support colleges using older versions. Analysts and some colleges worry the company is taking on too much.
Wanted: Nursing Instructors
In addition to the shortage of nurses, there's a short supply of nurses with advanced degrees who want to teach at colleges and universities.
Middlebury Professor Sorry for Co-Sponsoring Murray Talk
Prior to the visit of Charles Murray to Middlebury -- where he was shouted down by students -- the political...
CEO of Utah's Huntsman Cancer Institute Reinstated
Mary Beckerle was reinstated Tuesday to her position as director and CEO of the University of Utah’s Huntsman Cancer Institute...
Information Avoidance
Are you avoiding some important information? In today's Academic Minute, Carnegie Mellon University's Russell Golman explores this question. Golman is...
New Scrutiny for Confucius Institutes
National Association of Scholars calls on universities to close their Confucius Institutes. Defenders say there's nothing sinister about the Chinese-backed centers.
Years of Work, Tabled
Collapse of undergraduate curricular reform at Duke illustrates the difficulty of building consensus on just what students need to learn.
Graduation Rates and Race
On average, white and Asian students earn a college-level credential at a rate about 20 percentage points higher than Hispanic and black students do, a new report shows.