West Virginia's governor is honored to play a part in building Marshall University's new baseball stadium, but one official believes he is "grossly" misappropriating a huge chunk of COVID-related emergency funding to do so—and calling for a federal investigation.
The sudden onset of the COVID-19 pandemic made digital literacy more urgent than ever on college campuses. Some institutions scrambled to update their digital communication tools for remote learning. Even better-prepared institutions had to ditch the training wheels to continue pursuing student learning objectives in the face of unprecedented times. By now, remote learning […]
The Department of Education announced today that incarcerated individuals will receive better access to college education programs. This will be done by extending Pell Grants to these individuals.
Universities large and small, along with their students and leaders, are joining the Herculean effort to vaccine more than 328 million Americans against COVID.
Most colleges offer an online version of the course catalog—but many aren't taking advantage of the connectivity and smart technology available. Here are actions to advance the academic catalog.
No institution can be better than its faculty. An institution can be better than its president, its football team, its library and its food service—but if the faculty are weak, the institution is weak. We are in an exciting time for faculty in that their roles are expanding with new opportunities in online education, MOOCs, […]
There are many programs that call themselves "college in prison." Most lean toward job training and teaching skills that prisoners can use upon their release. Bard College's Prison Initiative, also known as BPI, focuses instead on the importance of the liberal arts in public life. Daniel Karpowitz, the prison initiative's director of policy and national […]
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 […]
