REL 397D: From Revelation to "The Walking Dead": Apocalypse Then and Now Central Michigan University Taught by Kelly Murphy, a philosophy and religion faculty member "Zombies! Movies, television and literature—everybody is talking about the zombie apocalypse. Yet visions of the end of the world aren't new. [This course] will explore and compare ancient and contemporary […]

Historically black colleges and universities are coming together to encourage entrepreneurial ventures and thinking among their students and faculty. Kicking off the initiative is the first HBCU Innovation and Entrepreneurship Collaborative Symposium in late March in conjunction with the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance's Annual OPEN Conference. Hosted also by the Association of Public […]

Two South Carolina public institutions are at risk of losing nearly $70,000 in state funding after books with LGBT themes were assigned to freshmen last fall. For 2013-14, The College of Charleston provided 2,000 freshmen with the graphic novel Fun Home, by Alison Bechdel. It details the relationship of the author and her closeted-gay father, […]

Eric J. Barron, president of Florida State University, has been named the 18th president of The Pennsylvania State University. According to the Penn State Board of Trustees, the selection committee was compelled by Barron's role leading a doctoral research university that also has a law school and a college of medicine, as well as his […]

Breaking Down "Breaking Bad" University at Buffalo Taught by SUNY Distinguished Professor and James Agee Professor of American Culture Bruce Jackson, also a filmmaker who served, in 1966, as a senior consultant on President Lyndon B. Johnson's Crime Commission Here's how the course is described: " 'Breaking Bad' was one of the most spectacular narrative […]

Public Safety Institute Eastern Florida State College, Melbourne campus Planned occupancy: February 2015 Design: BRPH (Melbourne, Fla.) The $13.2 million, 66,500- square-foot facility—featuring a mock jail cell and mock courtroom—will provide training for law enforcement officers, corrections officers, firefighters and others in public safety roles. School officials are seeking funding for three additional buildings for […]

California has been experimenting with charging higher tuition rates for high-demand courses offered during the winter and summer. The accompanying infographic breaks down what students are paying.

University of California, Irvine Chancellor Michael V. Drake has been selected as The Ohio State University's 15th, and first black, president, effective June 30. He will replace E. Gordon Gee, who resigned last July after controversy erupted over comments he made at an athletic council meeting. Drake has served as UCI chancellor since 2005 and […]