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Academic Minute: The Drug War and Border Town Violence
In today’s Academic Minute, Ricardo Ainslie of the University of Texas at Austin explores the social and economic factors behind...
U. of Iowa Tops Princeton Review's 2014 Party School List
The University of Iowa has earned the coveted — or dreaded — top spot on the Princeton Review’s list of...
Lumina Backs Voluntary State Network of Distance Ed Regs
The Lumina Foundation is putting $2.3 million behind a growing effort to reduce the regulatory burden on institutions that offer...
Washington Post Co. Sells Newspaper and Keeps Kaplan
Kaplan Inc., now makes up a larger portion of the Washington Post Company, which Monday announced the sale of The...
Senate Panel Votes to Include Military Tuition in 90/10 Rule
A U.S. Senate panel last weekend passed a rider to the defense appropriations bill that would count federal spending on...
Howard Expands Online Offerings
Howard University announced a severalfold expansion of its online offerings on Monday. It plans to offer about 25 online or...
Fairmont State Dean Arrested on Sexual Assault Charges
Peter Lach, dean of fine arts at Fairmont State University, has been charged by West Virginia authorities with second-degree sexual...
Academic Minute: Analyzing Big Data
In today’s Academic Minute, Brian Lowe of the State University of New York at Oneonta explains why Big Data is...