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Trial and Error: Getting Faculty Buy-In
A university strives to persuade professors that digital courses can be rigorous and highly interactive as it builds an online program from scratch.
2 Mizzou Students Arrested for Anti-Semitic Harassment
Two students at the University of Missouri at Columbia were arrested Monday and charged with sending anti-Semitic, harassing messages to...
Report Details U California Sexual Misconduct Cases
The University of California punished 124 employees across its campuses for sexual misconduct and harassment from January 2013 to April...
Civic Engagement Among Youth
Income equality is an important issue in our country. In today's Academic Minute, New York University's Erin Godfrey examines whether...
Closing the Gap
Black students graduate, on average, at a rate 22 percentage points lower than white students. Closing that gap will require individual institutions to improve completion rates and highly selective colleges to enroll more black students, a new report says.
New Visibility for HBCUs, but Not Dollars
New executive order moves HBCU initiative into White House but otherwise doesn't depart significantly from previous executive orders on historically black colleges.
Scott Walker Loosens the Purse Strings
Wisconsin governor who has pushed for deep cuts to higher education is now seeking increased spending. Academics welcome the shift, but some worry about the details, including a requirement for monitoring teaching loads.
EdX Adds New MicroMasters Programs
Massive open online course provider edX on Tuesday expanded its lineup of MicroMasters programs, which let students study online to...