Nazareth is the latest in a string of former colleges in New York to transition to university status since the state Board of Regents changed its definition of the types of higher education institutions that can claim the designation. Last year, the board relaxed its standards of the definition, which had required that institutions offer […]
Nazareth is the latest in a string of former colleges in New York to transition to university status since the state Board of Regents changed its definition of the types of higher education institutions that can claim the designation. Last year, the board relaxed its standards of the definition, which had required that institutions offer […]
Boston University students exercised their right to free speech to shout "obscenities" at a commencement event that would have been "the precursor to a fistfight" back in President Robert A. Brown's youth, according to a statement.
Stony Brook University, a public school on Long Island, received a donation of $500 million on Thursday from a foundation formed by an alumnus and a former faculty member, making it the recipient of one of the largest gifts to a university in American history. The donation, which will go toward the school's endowment, will also trigger […]
Keeping humans at the center of edtech is the top insight in the federal government's first stab at determining how colleges should teach with AI amid concerns about safety and bias.
After being accepted, the setbacks started quickly and kept coming. Burns learned the advertised computer science degree wasn't ready. "This was a cash grab. I feel like they saw an opportunity and they knew that they could leverage their name," Burns said. Burns' frustration is with Morehouse, but the school isn't solely responsible for the […]
The state of Virginia is set to make a big change in a hiring practice by eliminating the requirement or preference that applicants for many executive branch jobs have a higher-education degree. The change will apply to almost 90% of state classified positions Youngkin's office said in a news release. It will take effect July […]
The Louisiana House of Representatives killed a proposed constitutional amendment that would have ensured alumni from each school in the Southern and LSU systems have a seat on their respective boards of supervisors. Legislators representing northwest Louisiana have consistently brought up concerns that the state's higher education leaders are neglecting North Louisiana campuses. Earlier this month, […]
