Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs C. Cybele Raver said a dedicated college will enable Vanderbilt to keep making groundbreaking discoveries at the intersections of computing and other disciplines and will more effectively leverage advanced computing to address some of society's most pressing challenges. Many of the specific details about the college—including its departments, […]
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin wanted to review syllabi of courses that fulfill George Mason University's upcoming Just Societies core curriculum requirement and Virginia Commonwealth University's racial literacy requirement. Christian Martinez, Youngkin's spokesperson, called the curriculum mandates a "thinly veiled attempt to incorporate the progressive left's groupthink on Virginia's students," in a statement released to several news organizations. Comments ranged […]
The president of Lincoln University in Missouri will remain in his position, the institution decided after an investigation into the suicide of a Black administrator found no evidence that he had bullied her, according to university officials. President John Moseley was placed on paid leave after the death in January of Antoinette "Bonnie" Candia-Bailey, the […]
While not too far behind, survey responses indicate English departments may also be less likely to embrace career preparation as it threatens the "intellectual labor" of the degree, according to a recent report by the Modern Language Association.
The U.S. Department of Education sent hundreds of thousands of inaccurate student financial aid assessments to colleges in recent weeks, it acknowledged Friday—an error it blamed on an outside vendor. Although the announcement said the problem has been resolved, it likely will further delay financial aid offers to college and high school students. The Department did […]
On the plus side, the backlog of unpaid vendor invoices snarled by Workday, UW's new "enterprise" software platform, has been cut from $90 million shortly after the July 6 launch to $43 million as of Feb. 29. Existing funds, meanwhile, now are often hard to track, making it difficult for faculty to cover lab expenses […]
Forward-thinking institutional leaders should take inspiration from their faculty colleagues and embrace the backward design we more often see in syllabus writing to create an engaging, transparent and accessible process for strategic planning.
Nia Dyer is one of about 645 students receiving state aid to pay for college through the Fostering Independence Grant program—the first of its kind in the nation to cover not only tuition but full cost of attendance of college for Minnesotans who have been in foster care.
