Food Drive for Law Students
Charlotte School of Law started a food drive so students get something to eat. In the Charlotte Observer.
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No Safe Space for the Constitution
Jane Shaw writes that colleges and universities are hostile to the U.S. Constitution. In the American Spectator.
Study: Teaching and Research Not Tied
Skilled researchers and effective teachers are neither substitutes nor complements for each other--in fact, they have no relationship at all, according to two Northwestern University faculty members. On Inside Higher Ed.
DeVos Attacked for FIRE Donations
Betsy DeVos, who was nominated to be the Education Secretary, has been attacked because she and her husband made donations to a civil liberties group, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. From Minding the Campus.
Accreditor Questions Alabama Governance
The governor’s heavy involvement in public college and university boards gives Southern quality-assurance agency pause. In Inside Higher Ed.
Marquette Case Continues
Marquette says professor John McAdams’ suspension will continue until he apologizes for comments on his blog. From Wisconsin Watchdog.
A Lab of Her Own
How colleges are retaining female undergraduates in engineering and computer science. In the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Creating Affordable Pathways
The University of Kentucky, as the state’s flagship institution, has a moral responsibility to provide access to students of limited means, write Eli Capilouto and Tim Tracy. In Inside Higher Ed.
Grade Inflation or Variation?
"A new paper makes the case that easy grading is actually a symptom of poor assessment practices rather than a cause and that, either way, reducing leniency in grading may lead to more accurate assessment." On Inside Higher Ed.
Bridging the Skills Gap
Many colleges seek to bridge the "skills gap," but no one really agrees on what it is, what institutions need to do about it, or if fixing it is even higher education’s job. In the Chronicle of Higher Education.