Submitted by Scott Jaschik on February 4, 2011 - 3:00am
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Major higher education groups urge Supreme Court to consider appeal of ruling they fear could force public colleges to financially support worship and other practices of religion.
Submitted by Scott Jaschik on March 8, 2011 - 3:00am
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U.S. Supreme Court rejects appeal by U. of Wisconsin of ruling that could greatly expand the kinds of sectarian activities eligible for support at public colleges.
Submitted by Dan Berrett on March 14, 2011 - 3:00am
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A former assistant professor of psychology at John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, Calif., has sued the institution for sex discrimination, alleging that she was fired for performing in an off-campus burlesque act.
A long-awaited decision by a federal judge could be a significant blow to Google's attempts to sell access to books it scanned from university libraries.
Submitted by Scott Jaschik on March 31, 2011 - 3:00am
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Federal judge rejects lawsuit by Turkish group against U. of Minnesota for one of its research centers having declared the organization's material "unreliable."
A new book, The Constitution Goes to College: Five Constitutional Ideas That Have Shaped the American University (New York University Press), argues that key values in American higher education can be traced to the U.S. Constitution. Some of the traditions in academe that the book traces to the Constitution include the divide between public and private spheres, the distinction between rights and privileges and ideas of equality.
