The California Faculty Association, which represents 29,000 professors, lecturers, librarians, counselors and coaches, says it will begin a five-day strike on Monday, the first day of the spring semester for most students. Walkouts are planned at all 23 campuses, from Humboldt to San Diego, which together serve nearly 460,000 students. The strike was set after university […]
Nearly 7 in 10 Americans support the Supreme Court's June 2023 decision to end the use of race in college admissions, but views on the ruling vary by race, a new survey found. A recent poll by Gallup found that 68 percent of Americans think the affirmative action decision in higher education is "mostly a good […]
As two state agencies begin scrutinizing the Western New Mexico University president's spending on international travel, extravagant purchases and sojourns at five-star resorts, a review of financial records and interviews with current and former employees now suggest those expenses were just the tip of the iceberg. Joseph Shepard's spending has also been lavished on costly […]
Generations of Americans have held firm to a version of free speech that makes room for even the vilest of views. It's girded by a belief that the good ideas rise above the bad, that no one should be punished for voicing an idea — except in rare cases where the idea could lead directly […]
The curse of a sole focus on vocationalism comes as a reaction to corporate leaders and their willing collaborators in state legislatures who think it is either difficult or impractical to interest students in the liberal arts or, heaven forbid, that it might make them into informed voters.
National interest in revitalizing a domestic manufacturing industry related to microchip technology and AI has created an opportunity for higher education to strengthen its value proposition at the two-year, four-year and postgraduate level.
St. Joseph's University finalized a merger agreement Friday with the Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences, making the college a Lancaster County-location of the Philadelphia-based university. The university first announced plans to merge with the college in January 2023, following its acquisition of the former University of the Sciences in Philadelphia in June 2022. Both schools were […]
Unlike at Harvard, presidents and administrative leaders spared a tumultuous beginning of the year will bid farewell to their communities on good terms, in pursuit of better opportunities.
The 'Artificial Intelligence Literacy Act' would provide grants to help develop interdisciplinary programs with nontraditional learners in mind and cultivate hands-on lab opportunities, all in order to facilitate a new wave of digital education.
Elon Musk's X, formerly known as Twitter, announced in a post Wednesday that the University of Illinois rescinded disciplinary action against Juan David Campolargo, a student the platform legally defended after he was reportedly threatened with being kicked out of campus housing for a post he made about free food at a closed university gathering—marking another chapter in […]
