Sure, it may elicit snickers when first mentioned, but the new “marijuana major” at Northern Michigan University is serious stuff. Called the Medicinal Plant Chemistry...
Phase one of the Northern Michigan University Medical Plant Chemistry program will be getting students familiar with how the compounds behave on the chemistry...
While most states faced with continuing budget shortfalls have put a cap on new faculty hires, Florida is taking a different approach. Throughout the...
As an expert microeconomist, William Massy approaches the challenge of reform by applying rigorous economic principles—informed by financial data and other evidence—to explain the...
Sara Goldrick-Rab’s mission is to make higher education the accessible and affordable place that families want and need it to be.
In Paying the Price:...
These days a majority of college students attend institutions in cities, but that wasn’t always the case. Higher education—as it was conceived from the...
It’s no secret that college and university networks have long been prone to cyberattacks of various kinds.
Whether the incidents involve malicious attempts to bring...
Faced once again with state and federal funding cuts, Connecticut State Colleges & Universities system President Mark Ojakian has had to make some tough...
There are many programs that call themselves “college in prison.” Most lean toward job training and teaching skills that prisoners can use upon their...
In a move that will ultimately bring its public online content in line with new federal accessibility standards, the University of California, Berkeley has...
The “perfect storm” of a weak economy, the expansion of for-profit schools and greater competition for fewer students has forced many colleges to become...
While the gender-related pay gap in higher education has gotten only marginally smaller in the last few years, women’s salaries still lag behind those...
