Low Growth Year
Revenue from tuition at private and public colleges and universities will remain “steady, but tempered” in the 2017 fiscal year, according to Moody’s Investors Service. In the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Headlines
ISIS Claims Responsibility
The Islamic State claimed Tuesday that the Ohio State University student who drove his car into a group of pedestrians and then attacked several people with a butcher knife was inspired by the terror organization. On Inside Higher Ed.
Professor Watchlist
"The idea of a watchlist is similar to the informal blacklisting that occurs for conservative faculty," writes Robert Mather. On Heterodox Academy.
Attack at OSU
Eleven people were injured at Ohio State University Monday after a student drove into a group of pedestrians outside a classroom building, got out of his car and stabbed several people with a butcher knife. On Inside Higher Ed.
Protesting Hate Speech
Students at Gettysburg College recently held a days-long protest in an effort to put an end to the "mental and emotional abuse of hate speech." On Campus Reform.
Looking Beyond A Degree
"Competency-based education is...about the desire of those without a college degree for a better life, and understanding that traditional higher education hasn’t done enough to give it to them," writes Michael Hansen. In the Washington Post
Adulting School
"The fact is, children-turned-adults should not have to be taking extra classes in order to learn the basic skills of life. They should already have learned many of them as they grew up," writes Annie Holmquist. On Intellectual Takeout.
NCCU Passing
Debra Saunders-White, chancellor of North Carolina Central University, died of cancer Saturday. In the News and Observer.
Federal Guidance
According to a joint letter from several federal agencies, the government must do more to coordinate public benefits so that low-income students can access and complete college. On Inside Higher Ed.
Hip-Hop Scene
Dozens of universities have begun offering classes on the study of rap and hip-hop music amid a growing academic interest in the topic. On the AP Wire.