Tag: Around Academe
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U. of Virginia to examine its historical relationship with slavery
University of Virginia President Teresa A. Sullivan announced the appointment of a 27-member commission to…
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U. of Tennessee fracking plan halted
A plan to drill for natural gas on University of Tennessee land has been put…
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Google joins forces with edX in online education
Online search engine giant Google will team with edX, an online educational venture started by…
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Jury finds that Creighton University discriminated against deaf student
A federal jury found that Creighton University discriminated against Michael Argenyi, a deaf medical student,…
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Survey: Federal budget cuts hurting scientific research
A survey released in August by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology paints…
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Student papers shrink print schedule
Student newspapers at Duke University, the University of Illinois, the University of Missouri and San…
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Report: One-fourth of ACT-tested high school grads are college ready
Twenty-six percent of high school graduates who took the ACT were deemed to have met…
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Obama releases plan on higher ed
President Barack Obama laid out his plan for reforming higher education in August. The plan…
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‘Research misconduct’ reported at University of Utah laboratory
An internal review at the University of Utah found that researchers in a hematology study…
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Majority of college students get aid
Seven in 10 undergraduates receive some sort of financial assistance, according to report released in…
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Emory University left off ‘Forbes’ top colleges list; UGA ranked No. 90
Following Emory University’s 2012 admission that it reported inaccurate data to publications that rank universities,…
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Deal reached on student loan rates
For a few weeks this summer, the student loan rate shot up from 3.4 to…
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Congress looks at NSF grant criteria
A draft bill written by Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, chairman of the House of Representatives…
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Florida bill bolsters UF, FSU
Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill that will provide additional resources and flexibility to…
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Study: Anthropology students likely to face harassment, abuse in the field
A study out of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign found that anthropology students are…
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More applicants asked to start later
Institutions of higher education increasingly are asking some applicants to wait until the new year…
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White House launches brain initiative
President Barack Obama has pledged $100 million toward a research initiative to better understand the…
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Student loan rates set to double
Federal student loans are set to rise from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent in July…
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Poll: 67 percent of NCAA fans believe rule-breaking common in programs
More than two-thirds of sports fans believe college sports programs commonly break NCAA rules during…
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Meditation training boosts test scores
Teaching students to be less distracted through mindfulness training can boost test scores, according to…
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Bill restricts political science funds, reinstates military tuition assistance
A temporary spending bill signed by President Barack Obama in March reinstates military tuition assistance,…
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University System vice chancellor for economic development named
The University System of Georgia appointed leaders for a number of positions last month both…
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University of Tennessee to allow ‘fracking’ on university forest land
The University of Tennessee and a state panel have agreed to allow a private company…
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University of Colorado at Boulder appoints first ‘conservative’ scholar
The University of Colorado at Boulder appointed its first Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and…
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