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Commencement Speakers Announced: Colby, John Carroll, Marquette, Mills, Regent, SUNY Oswego, U. of Tennessee at Knoxville, Vassar
The following colleges and universities have announced their commencement speakers: Colby College: Judith A. McHale, under secretary of state for...
Imperfect Accountability
Voluntary systems crafted by colleges to respond to public demand for data fall well short of their stated goals, two advocacy groups argue.
Layoffs Without 'Financial Exigency'
One of the ultimate protections of being a tenured faculty member, historically, has been being immune from layoff in all...
Not So Private Professors
Faculty try to shield their personal lives from students, but the suspension of a Pennsylvania professor over Facebook postings shows there's no such sanctuary online.
Encouraging Open Access
U. of Rochester thinks it has a model that could breathe life into anemic institutional repositories -- a problem that has undermined open-access movement for years.
iPhone Addiction at Stanford
A survey of 200 Stanford University undergraduates found that almost one-third worry about becoming addicted to their iPhones and fear...
Trinity Player Benches Self for Tournament
Weeks after his unsportsmanlike outburst brought scorn upon his team, Baset Chaudry, the senior captain of Trinity College’s men’s squash...
NIH Appoints Higher Ed Association Official to Post
The National Institutes of Health on Monday appointed a senior official at the Association of American Universities to head its...