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English or Afrikaans at a South African University?
Stellenbosch University’s governing council has set aside a November proposal by university management to elevate English above Afrikaans as the...
Blackboard Acquires Analytics Company Blue Canary
Learning management system provider Blackboard is once again turning to acquisitions to bolster its analytics capabilities. The company on Tuesday...
My Culture vs. Your Culture
It wasn't the Stanford Prison Experiment, but a research project at U of California San Diego quickly created two student societies and plenty of conflict to analyze.
Democrats Slam Settlement With For-Profit College
Three Senate Democrats are criticizing the Obama administration for settling a fraud lawsuit against Education Management Corporation last month without...
Governor's Proposal Would Give Tenn. Universities More Autonomy
A proposal by Gov. Bill Haslam would separate several of Tennessee's public universities from the Tennessee Board of Regents, giving...
Lawmakers Drop Change to Finance Law That Would Help EDMC
Congressional negotiators appear to have abandoned plans to attach to a large transportation bill moving through Congress this week a...
Race on Campus: The Latest
Threat against black students at Kean turns out to have been hoax; Harvard drops use of title "master" for leaders of residential colleges; 12-day Brandeis sit-in ends; a Kentucky legend defends mural that was covered up.
New Presidents or Provosts: California State Polytechnic U-Pomona, Cuyamaca College, Dalton State College, Emily Carr U of Art + Design, Illinois Wesleyan U, Robert Morris U, Southeastern Technical College, Sussex County CC, U of Dayton, U of the Arts
Sylvia Alva, dean of the College of Health and Human Development at California State University-Northridge, has been named provost and...