News from Around Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education serves as the paper of record for higher education. Visitors to the Chronicle can freely search job listings or explore the various Career Advice columns or launch off into cyberspace using their Internet Resources database on higher-education administration and scholarly disciplines.
The other big online source of news on the comings and goings of Academia is Inside Higher Ed, the online paper that covers a wide range of topics including conflict resolution issues.
Recent News on Higher Education (with some K-12 mixed in)
Sources include RSS feeds from Inside Higher Ed, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and the New York Times Education section.
- Audio: Congress Gets Down to Business on Student Loans
(from Chronicle of HIgher Education)
03-15-2010Months after the House of Representatives passed a bill that would eliminate the bank-based...
...... - Audio: How Should Trustees Manage Conflicts of Interest?
(from Chronicle of HIgher Education)
03-14-2010The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges recently released guidelines to...
...... - Colleges' Deep Business Links With Trustees
(from Chronicle of HIgher Education)
03-14-2010A Chronicle investigation of 618 private colleges found that one-fourth of them have financial ties with trustees' companies. Below are some examples of common business connections, based on disclosures that colleges made on their 2008 federal tax forms.
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...College Trustee, Company Financial Tie with Company - Department Chairs Get Mixed Reviews on Their Performance
(from Chronicle of HIgher Education)
03-15-2010A suggestion for the heads of academic departments at colleges: If you want to get good grades for your job performance, you might be wise not to have the faculty members you oversee do the grading. Instead, grade yourself.
A recent online poll conducted by Academic Impressions, a company in Denver that provides professional-development training to colleges, found that 85 percent of the academic department chairs questioned gave themselves grades of B or higher for...
...... - Interactive Map: Where Public Colleges Face the Greatest Budget Stress
(from Chronicle of HIgher Education)
03-14-2010* NOTE: Percentage of higher-education money from stimulus: FY09-10 ...
...... - Lake Michigan College Reinstates One Student Suspended for Sex Offense
(from Chronicle of HIgher Education)
03-15-2010One of three students suspended last month from Lake Michigan College for being registered sex offenders of children has won reinstatement after successfully appealing the college's decision.
Two of the students made their appeals on Friday. Separate committees granted one student permission to re-enroll and upheld the other's suspension. The third student chose not to appeal.
The two students appeared before two separate committees composed of students,...
...... - State Lawyers Urge Judge to Reject Verdict in Iowa State U. Tenure Case
(from Chronicle of HIgher Education)
03-14-2010Lawyers from the office of Iowa's attorney general have urged a judge to throw out a jury's recent verdict that an Iowa State University faculty member abused his institution's administrative-complaint process in making accusations of gender discrimination against two colleagues he viewed as obstacles to his tenure.
In motions filed Friday in the Iowa district court that handled the trial, state...
...... - Student-Loan Bill Begins Showdown Week
(from Chronicle of HIgher Education)
03-15-2010The push for student-loan legislation, carrying the potential of billions of additional dollars for higher education, enters its showdown week with the expected release Monday of a new official cost estimate that may help determine its fate.
The legislation would end the bank-based system of distributing federal student loans and channel the savings into Pell Grants and other education programs. Democratic leaders in Congress, after months of waiting, are preparing to combine it with...
...... - Practical Traveler: Student Rates Available to Nonstudents
03/12/2010(from New York Times Education Feed)
Even if your college days are a distant memory, it?s possible to travel on a student discount over spring break this year.
[link] ... - Women Making Gains on Faculty at Harvard
03/12/2010(from New York Times Education Feed)
The president of Harvard said the university has seen a culture shift since it was suggested there in 2005 that women were unsuited to careers in math and science.
[link] ... - Texas Conservatives Win Vote on Textbook Standards
03/13/2010(from New York Times Education Feed)
Because Texas is a large buyer of textbooks, the changes approved by the school board will have a broad influence.
[link] ... - Why Would N.C.A.A. Expand Tournament? It?s About the Money
03/13/2010(from New York Times Education Feed)
With a larger television contract a strong possibility, the idea of increasing the number of teams to 96 in the tournament has gained momentum.
[link] ... - Obama Calls for Major Change in Education Law
03/14/2010(from New York Times Education Feed)
The administration is seeking changes to the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law, eliminating divisive provisions.
[link] ... - The New Poor: For-Profit Schools Cashing In on Recession and Federal Aid
03/14/2010(from New York Times Education Feed)
Commercial trade schools are under fire because they are attracting more students and Pell grants.
[link] ... - New Jersey Schools Brace for Cuts Under Christie
03/15/2010(from New York Times Education Feed)
The governor will unveil his budget proposal on Tuesday, and is expected to decrease state aid to school districts by as much as 15 percent.
[link] ... - The Teaching Trap
03/15/2010(from Inside Higher Ed)Just because you care about your students doesn't mean their needs should take over your life, writes Kerry Ann Rockquemore.
... - Butler Rejects Chief Justice as Commencement Speaker
03/15/2010(from Inside Higher Ed)Butler University's faculty has rejected a student proposal to invite John Roberts, chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, to be the commencement speaker this year, The Indianapolis Star reported. Roberts has a niece in the graduating class. Faculty members said that they voted down the idea not because they object to Roberts's ideas, but because they generally avoid political figures for commencement speakers.
... - The Shrunken Student Aid Bill
03/15/2010(from Inside Higher Ed)With Congress set to take up health measure, Democrats strip community college funds, accountability provisions and more from loan overhaul.
... - Ranking Confession
03/15/2010(from Inside Higher Ed)Phil Baty, who oversees a controversial international rating of universities, admits that the process had serious flaws, but argues that rankings serve a legitimate purpose.
... - The Juice
03/15/2010(from Inside Higher Ed)
Dermot O'Brien... - Blessing and Curse of Structured Recess: No Goofing Off
03/15/2010(from New York Times Education Feed)
A growing number of schools use a recess coach to curb behavior problems.
[link] ... - Mothering at Mid-Career: Unknitting
03/15/2010(from Inside Higher Ed)
Libby Gruner... - The Economist, in print
03/15/2010(from Inside Higher Ed)
Joshua Kim... - The Great Training Robbery
03/15/2010(from Inside Higher Ed)
Dean Dad...