The bill would update the state’s student bill of rights for the first time since 2008. The updates would include a requirement that schools tell students whether their credits transfer and what a transfer to another school entails. They would also have to clarify that students have the right to appeal if an institution decides their […]
Yale University announced late last month that it will once again require applicants to submit scores for standardized tests like the SAT as part of its admissions process. The “test optional” system” was largely made in response to barriers created by the COVID-19 pandemic but were also informed by a longstanding belief among some experts that standardized […]
Program activities of fraternities and sororities at the University of Maryland have been suspended indefinitely, the university announced. The University of Maryland’s decision comes after the University of Virginia suspended its Kappa Sigma chapter and all fraternity events following an alleged hazing incident last month that left a student injured. In a statement, the university said that it had “reason […]
Based on Antoinette Candia-Bailey’s own accounting of her eight-month tenure at Lincoln, the trouble began with a disastrous performance evaluation Candia-Bailey received in mid-November. The situation went “downhill”, Candia-Bailey said, after she asked Moseley and the board of curators for accommodations through the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act due to […]
The University of Minnesota Morris is excited to share with potential students that they could potentially save $20,000 on tuition costs for a bachelor's degree. The fix? It's scraping an entire year off students' academic calendar.
The Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear a challenge to new admissions criteria at an elite public high school in Virginia that eliminated standardized tests, clearing the way for the use of a policy intended to diversify the school’s student body. The court’s decision not to take up the case from Virginia, along with an […]
Despite the swiftness with which a shooting can occur, institutions have been slow to update their security systems, frustrating vendors who believe higher education leaders are letting practical campus solutions run right through their fingertips.
As we opened the new calendar year, I announced that UNCG would discontinue 20 academic programs in line with the deans’ recommendations. The reality is that we can’t be “everything, everywhere, all at once,” and we can’t pretend to be.
AI detectors like Turnitin and GPTZero are turning in false positives on students' use of AI, and it is becoming harder and harder for educators to determine how often their students are using the tool.
