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Efficiency, at Scale
Competency-based education can save money for colleges and students, a new report finds, but the efficiency gains won't come easily or without worries about the impact on academic quality.
New Presidents or Provosts: Aquinas College (Mich.), Central Piedmont CC, DeVry U, Joliet Junior College, Sheridan College, Trident International U, U of West Florida, Washington State U North Puget Sound-Everett, William E. Macaulay Honors College
Stephen Barrows, program coordinator of the economics department at Aquinas College, in Michigan, has been appointed executive vice president, provost...
Princeton, Local Residents Settle Suit on Tax Status
Princeton University has agreed to pay millions of dollars to a fund to assist local home owners and to provide...
Persuading Political Opponents
If you want someone to switch political sides, try their perspective. In today's Academic Minute, the University of Toronto's Matthew...
'Envisioning the Faculty'
New book rejects the model of just creating more and more adjunct positions, but also suggests that the path forward probably can't include tenure track for all.
Buying Access to Admissions Officers?
A Reuters investigation details how a Chinese company accused by multiple ex-employees of application fraud "bought access" to U.S. admissions officers.
Academic Minute: Persuading Political Opponents
Today on the Academic Minute, Matthew Feinberg, assistant professor of organizational behavior at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of...
Lumina Revises Plan for Completion Push
The Lumina Foundation on Monday released a revised strategic plan for achieving its goal of 60 percent of Americans holding...