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Report on Adult-Serving Colleges and Alternative Credentials
A new study examines how six adult-serving institutions are defining and using alternative credentials such as badges, noncredit certificates and...
University of Phoenix President to Step Down
Timothy Slottow, president of the University of Phoenix since 2014, has announced plans to step down, citing personal reasons. Phoenix...
Report: Trump Budget Will Kill Sea Grant Funds
President Trump's budget proposal will seek to eliminate the Sea Grant Program, which supports coastal research at 33 universities, The...
President of Ecclesia College Is Indicted
A federal grand jury has indicted the president of Ecclesia College, Oren Paris III, a former Arkansas state senator and...
Is Hip-Hop Poetry?
Would Garrison Keillor read hip-hop lyrics on The Writer’s Almanac? In today's Academic Minute, Ohio Wesleyan University's David Caplan discusses...
Shouting Down a Lecture
Middlebury students chant and shout to prevent Charles Murray from speaking. He later is led to a private location, where a discussion with a professor is livestreamed. After the event some attack car carrying Murray and a professor.
Pence, Not Trump, Will Speak at Notre Dame
University typically invites first-year presidents to give commencement address. Amid debate over whether to invite current president, vice president gets the nod, with praise for his “reserved dignity.”
From Bowdoin to Boston
Former Bowdoin College president takes a lower-ranking role at UMass Boston, saying he thinks the challenge in American higher education is in public institutions.