Academics found something they don’t want the government to regulate when they looked in the mirror. “Last year, for example, the Task Force on Federal Regulation of Higher Education—formed in 2013 at the behest of…
Topic: higher ed
Anti-Semitic Resolutions Visible in University of California System
From Campus Reform: A controversial resolution was passed at the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) in November urging administration to divest from Israel, but reports show an initial 2014 vote passed with an illegal…
No Republican Professors Teach Theology at Creighton University, a Catholic Institution
No balance among the university’s theology professors, apparently.
Are American Universities Overrated?
It’s a great read on whether European or Chinese universities are better than the American institutions, after recent controversies on American college campuses.
Games Academics Play, Literally
Those who thought academia couldn’t get more trivial might do a face palm over the trend toward gaming in higher education. “Several courses in my department at the University of Michigan have been gamified,” Kentaro…
Colleges Wary of Scott Walker’s Higher Ed Reforms
The Donald might not notice him and even Jeb Bush may barely acknowledge his existence, but Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is still causing absolute apoplexy on the part of his state’s university professors. ‘Tenure no…
Academic Privilege By the Numbers
The nation and the Republican Party may or may not need ‘The Donald’ but a cursory look at what statistics we can extract from academia today suggests that the academic world needs somebody like him….
Missouri Universities in Trouble as One Buys $1.4 Million Golf Course, Other Pays Chelsea Clinton $65,000 for Half-Hour Speech
Uh, talk about wasteful spending. A half-hour speech netted a $65,000 payout to Chelsea Clinton and a $1.4 million golf course to boot.
Community Colleges Pay for the Tofu
President Barack Obama’s latest education initiative is #FreeCommunityCollege for American students, but it brings up the question, will it make a concrete impact on the higher education landscape? At the Brookings Institution, Maryland community college…
Public Colleges have better Financial Return than Private Colleges
Yup, if you go to a public higher education institution, you will most likely have a better financial return on your degree.