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The College of New Rochelle announced Friday that it will likely close by the end of the summer of 2019. A memo to the campus from the president and board chair said, "The college continues to experience significant cash flow...February 22, 2019 from Diverse
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) has affirmed the agency’s December decision to terminate the accreditation of Bennett College, a historically Black College in Greensboro, N.C.February 22, 2019 from Diverse
Faculty, adjunct instructors and graduate student assistants on college campuses across the nation are attempting to organize labor unions at an increasing rate, a trend likely to continue, according to some scholars.February 22, 2019 from Diverse
When Dr. Betty N. Adams’ father told her she would “make a good nurse,” it greatly influenced a child who already had demonstrated a commitment to helping other people, particularly those who were sick.February 22, 2019 from Diverse
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is planning on asking lawmakers to approve a proposal that would give on-campus child care services for single parents enrolled at community colleges throughout the state. If approved, the proposal would...February 22, 2019 from Diverse
Harvard University has named transgender activist, writer, producer, advocate and director Janet Mock as the 2019 Harvard University Artist of the Year. The award will be presented to Mock at the annual Harvard Cultural Rhythms festival...February 22, 2019 from Inside Higher Ed | News
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools has rejected Bennett College's appeal of a December decision to strip it of accreditation. The appeals panel of SACS found that the December decision "to be reasonable, not...February 22, 2019 from Diverse
The Utah House of Representatives has passed HB260, a bill that would cover the costs of college tuition and fees for four semesters for students with financial hardships to enroll at state colleges, universities and technical colleges....February 22, 2019 from Diverse
University of Central Florida (UCF) president Dr. Dale Whittaker’s letter of resignation has been accepted by university board of trustees just two days after Whittaker offered to leave his position to appease state lawmakers upset about...February 22, 2019 from Inside Higher Ed | News
BethAnn McLaughlin is a hero to many women in academe, especially those in science. She founded a nonprofit called #MeTooSTEM to draw attention to the harassment of women in academic science, much by prominent men who are considered...February 22, 2019 from Inside Higher Ed | News
The rules that hold most colleges accountable for the debt their students leave campus with are widely regarded as broken. A Government Accountability Office report last year found that colleges easily game standards applying to loan...February 22, 2019 from Inside Higher Ed | News
Nearly six years ago, Todd Starnes, a Fox News personality, wrote a column with a headline certain to make the eyes of his conservative audience pop: “University of Tennessee Uses Student Fees to Pay for Lesbian Bondage...February 22, 2019 from Inside Higher Ed | News
LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Community college graduation rates are poor, but they’re even worse for single mothers. Only 8 percent of single mothers enrolled in an associate or bachelor’s degree program graduate within six...February 22, 2019 from Inside Higher Ed | News
Nadine Aubry , dean of the College of Engineering at Northeastern University, in Massachusetts, has been chosen as provost and senior vice president at Tufts University, also in Massachusetts. Tim Heath , dean of the Center for Applied...February 21, 2019 from Inside Higher Ed | News
Amherst College experienced a catastrophic technical mishap last week that left the campus without access to online services -- for five days. As IT staff scrambled to fix the problem, faculty and students suddenly found themselves...February 21, 2019 from Inside Higher Ed | News
A speaker series at Stanford University meant to promote diversity and a free exchange of ideas will be revamped after criticism that its mostly white, male contributors did not fulfill the program’s goals -- a lesson, experts say,...February 21, 2019 from Inside Higher Ed | News
During the McCarthy era, the Federal Bureau of Investigation spent a lot of time and money investigating prominent scientists, viewing them as potentially sympathetic to or spies for the Soviet Union -- despite a lack of evidence in most...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
Myanmar's Union Civil Service Board (UCSB) in January severed ties with two universities which had previously provided training for government officials after their credentials came into question, ...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
Giving to colleges and universities grew 4.6% in the academic year that ended in June, with donor-advised funds showing significant growth as a source of gifts. As in the past, most of the billion ...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
Two academics who were bombarded with death and rape threats after they were selected by Twitter to research communication on the platform have warned that such incidents will make scholars afraid ...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
Sudanese authorities arrested 16 University of Khartoum professors last Tuesday as they allegedly planned to join protests against the government's inability to address deteriorating economic cond ...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
The racist images that roiled Virginia's political landscape last week forced some self-reflection within the walls of Maryland's colleges and universities, with the president of the state's flags ...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
The International Rescue University (IRU) in the countryside of Idlib closed its doors on 6 February as part of a series of shutdowns of private universities that have not received licences from t ...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
In the months since the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, United States non-profit institutions have faced a new permutation of a familiar dilemma: whether one cuts ties ...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
More than three-quarters of universities have defied a crackdown on six-figure salaries in the United Kingdom to give bosses inflation-busting pay rises, writes Eleanor Busby for the Independen ...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
Two universities in Canberra said in a joint statement last week that they were "shocked and appalled" at the alleged harassment of two hijab-wearing Indonesian students in the Australia ...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
Germany's Kiel University announced last Wednesday that it has banned full-face coverings in classrooms, citing the need for open communication that includes facial expressions and gestures, repor ...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
Thousands of scientists took to the streets in Hungary on 12 February, holding books above their heads and forming a human chain around Budapest's Academy of Sciences building, to protest changes ...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
Women scientists the world over are celebrating the achievements of women as part of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, but in France only 20% of physicists and mathematicians ar ...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
A six-member vice-chancellors' committee, constituted on the directive of the Governor of Sindh province in Pakistan, Imran Ismail, has recommended, inter alia, that the age limit of universities' ...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
France is preparing to implement a national, multi-year research plan for the first time - a move warmly welcomed by the heads of the country's major research agencies, writes Barbara Casassus for ...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
Universities are stepping up their support for foreign students in finding jobs at Japanese companies by establishing career-oriented classes for credit and offering special courses to help them l ...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
Rectors of 30 universities from Southeast Europe, including those from Croatia, signed an academic inter-institutional cooperation agreement in the southern Bosnia and Herzegovina city of Mostar l ...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
Canada's University of British Columbia (UBC) is among the universities exposed to credit risk because of political tensions between Canada and China, according to a new report from Moody's, write ...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
Caught in a geopolitical tug of war between China and the United States as job opportunities for them dwindle in both countries, Chinese science students at American universities are wrestling wit ...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
Vivienne Stern, director of Universities UK International, has called on the British government to lower the proposed salary requirement for European Economic Area (EEA) workers to gain a high-ski ...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
Many African universities are exploring the option of e-exams to cope with the assessment demands of rapidly growing student numbers, and rising incidents of grade tampering and cheating. An e ...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is changing the structure of its scholarships to universities in East Africa, where the institutions will now have to start admitting a percentage of le ...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
Refugees have welcomed an international initiative at Gulu University, in northern Uganda, in which students are equipping them with skills in agribusiness and micro-enterprise development, helpin ...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
Over the last decade, the higher education sector worldwide has seen a much greater focus on employability and skills development - beginning in what was a challenging global recession and continu ...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
Over the six years that I have spent preparing change leaders for universities, I have had to discuss hundreds of times what should or shouldn't be done by innovators who are responsible for the d ...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
Developing human capital is at the heart of what our universities do. Developing our staff as future-ready lecturers, researchers and managers of education and developing our learners as tomorrow' ...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
Society is in the midst of an upheaval - the so-called fourth industrial revolution that is beating a path towards mainstream adoption of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) ...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
The concept of the virtual university is rooted in providing innovative and adapted solutions through the use of information and communication technologies. Virtual universities such as the ...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
A European initiative on teaching enhancement in higher education would be of added value in countries that have no existing national initiative, whether because it has not been developed or due t ...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
After two years of intensive work with numerous conference participations, newspaper articles and meetings with higher education institutions and other organisations, Professor Pam Fredman, the go ...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
It has been ranked the best institution for higher learning in East Africa, according to the latest Webometrics ranking of world universities released in January, but can the credentials of the Un ...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
In Ontario, Canada's most populous province, students and their families have been complaining about rising tuition costs for years. Numerous campaigns have ...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
The establishment of an internal quality assurance system in a higher education institution is often regarded as the most critical element in creating a sustainable framework for maintaining quali ...February 15, 2019 from University World News Global Edition
It's the beginning of South Africa's academic year and once again, campuses have been brought to a standstill by ...