Service Learning
Students Go Into the Consulting Business for Cities
The University of Oregon's Sustainable Cities Initiative pairs local needs with classes and research, with benefits for all parties involved.
Faculty
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New Job Types at Some Colleges Would Offer Adjuncts Health Care
At least two colleges plan to create a "lecturer" classification for non-tenure-track instructors who teach 75 percent of a full-time professor's course load.
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Fake News Release Targets Scholars and Student Critical of Israel
- Students Might Not Be 'Academically Adrift' After All, Study Finds
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New York City Embraces a College's New 'Handicapped' Symbol
Administration
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More Young Adults Hold Degrees, a Boost in the Job Market, U.S. Says
Educational attainment has increased, but there are gaps by gender and by race, according to an annual report from the Education Department.
- 4 More Colleges Are Targets of Students' Complaints Over Sexual Assault
- House Passes Bill Tying Student-Loan Interest Rates to the Market
- 2-Year Colleges Are at Risk of 'Separate and Unequal' Future, Report Says
Technology
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What Professors Can Learn From 'Hard Core' MOOC Students
People who have taken dozens of massive open online courses share their advice for those teaching them.
- Publisher Threatens to Sue Blogger for $1-Billion
- Ga. Tech to Offer a MOOC-Like Online Master's Degree, at Low Cost
- As MOOC Debate Simmers at San Jose State, American U. Calls a Halt
