WB urges higher education budget
A World Bank report on Thursday stressed the poor quality of university and college graduates in the Philippines, because of government’s underspending in education, especially in the areas…
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Uproar over controversial Illinois scholarship program continues
Though Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has his eye set on dismantling the state's abuse-ridden legislative scholarship program, House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) indicated this week that he will…
How can higher education institutions become more sustainable?
From changes to the curriculum to getting Transitional University status or by making the financial case for energy savings, we share the best bits from our sustainability live…
Most colleges not ready to ask about LGBT status
Gary Rold didn't necessarily consider himself a pioneer when he decided that Elmhurst College would begin asking applicants about their sexual orientation, the Associated Press reports.
At one college, a fight over required drug tests
Linn State Technical College in Linn, Mo., informed students this semester that they would be required to submit to a urine test that would be checked for illegal…
Florida Gov. attacks college major his own daughter studied
Florida Gov. Rick Scott said Monday in an interview with the Sarasota Herald-Tribune that the state does not need more anthropologists. As it turns out, his daughter has…
Stuttering student told not to speak
Officials at a community college in northern New Jersey declined to say Wednesday whether they disciplined an adjunct professor who asked a stuttering student not to speak, but…
New devices will help track UC Merced’s water usage
The University of California (UC) Merced has partnered with a start-up company in the Silicon Valley to use a new technology that will help the university better track…
Is Goldman Sachs’ CEO afraid of Columbia students?
Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein has canceled a speech he planned to give at Barnard on Oct. 12, though officials said he plans to reschedule, the Columbia Spectator…
Global access to higher education on the rise
The director of the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College charted trends in university systems across the globe during a talk Tuesday at Harvard, the Harvard…