A data tool that helped double Wake Tech's awarding of degrees, certificates, and credentials will be replicated throughout the community college system to help students chart their time in school. On Triangle Business Journal.
One academic opposed treating international students as easy money when they weren't prepared for the work, but their superiors said to keep quiet. On The Guardian.
After a decade of poor spending decisions, the university is struggling to avoid financial insolvency and labor unrest. On The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Even with politically neutral professors, the threat of a drawn-out investigation for raising controversial ideas can restrict academic freedom. On the Washington Free Beacon.
The donations are not evenly spread, however; 28 percent of all donations went to only 20 colleges. On Education Dive.
The professor says it was necessary to use the word for honest discourse, but Augsburg University suspended him anyway. On Inside Higher Ed.
A freshman cheerleader reported she was raped off-campus to her coaches, who failed to act on the claim, and chancellor Harold Martin responded to student complaints by calling for a commission to suggest changes. On Fox 8.
From restricting debate about God and censoring a campus newspaper, free speech violations on campus run the gamut of public and private, large and small institutions. On FIRE.
An Office of Public Policy events would be created to spur high-quality debate and offer information to students on public policy-related campus events. On National Review.
A new student fee may be created to benefit the descendants of slaves sold by Georgetown in the 19th century. On the College Fix.