The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has selected 19 colleges and universities for its controversial probe of whether colleges are favoring male applicants in admissions decisions, and whether any such preference is appropriate. The commission, seeking to minimize costs, selected colleges close to Washington, but included a range of [...]
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has selected 19 colleges and universities for its controversial probe of whether colleges are favoring male applicants in admissions decisions, and whether any such preference is appropriate. The commission, seeking to minimize costs, selected colleges close to Washington, but included a range of [...]
Just a quick update -- The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has released the list of colleges and universities it plans to investigate for giving preference to men in admissions:Pittsburgh's colleges and universities have rejected a demand from Mayor Luke Ravenstahl that they devise a plan to contribute $5 million to close the city's budget shortfall, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. The mayor has said that without such a commitment from higher education, he would push for a City [...]
Seeking to bring the work of higher education scholars to bear on the policy and practice of colleges and universities, the Association for the Study of Higher Education's Council for the Advancement of Higher Education Programs and Inside Higher Ed announce the Higher Education Learning Briefs initiative. The project [...]
A new report from a business-financed public-policy organization says that traditional colleges and universities can learn from for-profit colleges' approach to teaching.
The Committee for Economic Development's new report makes recommendations for how the government, colleges, and universities should encourage online education. One of its chapters, titled "Lessons From For-Profit
Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl has given local colleges and universities an ultimatum: Offer a plan to provide $5 million a year in support to the city, or the City Council will vote next week on his proposed 1 percent tuition tax, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. The plan for the [...]
Rhode Island is raising the bar to get into teacher training, reports the Providence Journal.
Education Commissioner Deborah A. Gist told state colleges and universities to increase the minimum score on a basic skills test required to enter teacher training.
Currently, Rhode Island ranks among the lowest in the nation, alongside [...]
The Institute of International Education has rated colleges and universities based on the study abroad opportunities they offer to students, and a handful of Florida schools have ranked high.
Among research universities offering doctoral degrees, the University of Florida logged in at No. 12 with 2,039 students in overseas programs. [...]
In Montana, students at two-year colleges borrow more per year than do students at four-year public colleges and universities, The Missoulian reported. The article noted that tuition rates are 30 percent higher at the four-year colleges. A key reason for the discrepancy is that the two-year college students are [...]
I spend a lot of time with colleagues from traditional, face-to-face colleges and universities and often hear them dismiss schools that have been reported to have very low completion rates. It is obvious that these folks, despite working in higher education, do not understand the national problem we have with [...]
Colleges and universities reported a 27 percent drop in the number of new cases of likely H1N1 flu, but the closely watched weekly survey by the American College Health Association included the first two deaths attributed to the outbreak. The ACHA survey of 263 campuses found 6,373 new cases [...]
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops held a closed-door meeting Wednesday to discuss, among other things, relationships between the bishops and Roman Catholic colleges and universities, the Associated Press reported. Plans for the discussion started in the wake of the controversy over the invitation to President Obama to be [...]
Ninety-eight percent of the 265 colleges and universities being tracked by the American College Health Association reported new cases last week of H1N1 or similar flu-like illnesses. The figure compares with 97 percent the prior week. Most of the cases being reported continue to be mild.
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