Higher Education

University professors are so liberal. This has long been an established, and even occasionally proven, stereotype. Well now we have an idea why. According to an article in the New York Times: A pair of sociologists think they may have an answer: typecasting. Conjure up the classic image of a humanities or social sciences professor, […]

There’s an update to the case of Harold Raveche, the controversial president of Stevens Institute of Technology investigated by the New Jersey attorney general last month for a series of violations, including keeping two sets of financial records to conceal his school’s dismal financial situation. On January 15, Raveche agreed to resign from his position, […]

In an effort to save the state money, some members of the Colorado legislature propose limiting money has allows Native Americans to study at Fort Lewis College without paying tuition. According to a Huffington Post article: Facing a budget crunch, Colorado lawmakers want to take some of that money away. Rep. Karen Middleton, D-Aurora, said […]

From the Chronicle of Higher Education comes news that the governor of New York, David Paterson, is proposing greater independence for the state and city university systems. According to the article, in Peterson’s 2010-11 budget: Is a proposal to remove tuition from the state’s budget process and to allow universities to receive that revenue without […]

Never mind getting a tenure-track job in academia. While a PhD-holder finding a good job is rare enough, it turns out that the salary prospects for academics is declining too. From the Boston Globe comes news that: Perhaps people should flee the Ph.D. path…. While the inflation-adjusted earnings of workers with bachelor’s or masters degrees […]

On Tuesday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected an appeal by religious high schools that balked at some of the University of California’s admissions standards. The plaintiffs, the Association of Christian Schools International and several evangelical Protestant high schools, alleged “that the University of California admission policy, which involves UC’s review […]

Nelnet, the Nebraska-based student loan company, recently subpoenaed records from the U.S. Education Department. According to the New America Foundation’s Higher Ed Watch blog: Nelnet recently had a subpoena issued to the U.S. Department of Education for documents it believes will definitively show that the agency’s former leaders signed off on the company’s plan to […]

More college sports news. There’s been a lot of discussion lately about the academic performance of college athletes but some small schools are now arguing that reporting about the jocks’ academic performance is more trouble than it’s worth. From an article in Inside Higher Ed: Officials from small, tuition-driven colleges criticized a pilot program to […]

The National Labor College, a Silver Spring, Maryland school associated with and subsidized by the AFL-CIO to educate union members, announced that NLC: Plans to establish a new online service that will bring high-quality degree programs to the AFL-CIO’s 11.5 million members and their families. Tentatively named the College for Working Families, the program will […]

From USA Today comes an interesting story about the price tag for college sports: At Cincinnati, competing in the Big East means going to the Sugar Bowl to play Florida. It means a good shot at a place in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. And there’s having your name known nationally. But membership has a […]