[ad_1] For 58 years, the accreditation system of higher education has stood, enshrined in federal law and reaffirmed with each reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Now, a federal lawsuit from the state of Florida is looking to upend that entire system, which is a key part of the federal accountability system that …
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[ad_1] A custodian working at a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute lab destroyed over two decades’ worth of research when he switched off a super-cold freezer while trying to silence an “annoying” alarm, according to a lawsuit filed by RPI against the third-party firm that employed the cleaner. The public university in Troy, N.Y., contends that the …
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[ad_1] The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Friday that a former Yale student acquitted of raping a fellow student could sue his accuser for defamation, the Associated Press reported. The justices ruled 7 to 0 that Jane Doe, as the accuser is called, is not immune from a defamation lawsuit because the accused had fewer rights …
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[ad_1] Chasing Dreams or Running From Fears? Academic Minute Doug Lederman Tue, 06/27/2023 – 12:00 AM [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] Community college administrators say their students want better support when it comes to institutional customer service—and that they’re right for having high expectations, according to a report released Monday. Published by EAB, an education consulting group, the survey results show that 85 percent of leaders agree student expectations have risen since the pandemic. Nearly 100 percent …
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[ad_1] College students are far more willing to talk to their friends about unwanted sexual experiences than they are to campus police, a crisis center or a university employee, according to a new, large-scale survey by Vector Solutions, the nation’s largest provider of sexual violence risk-management training materials for universities. Of the 14 percent of respondents …
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[ad_1] A long-awaited merger of Connecticut’s 12 community colleges is happening July 1. The singular statewide college will be called Connecticut State Community College, NBC Connecticut reported. Students will be able to take classes on all 12 campuses. “Now it’s simply one statewide college with multiple campuses across the state and we’re given the freedom of …
[ad_1] The Middle States Commission on Higher Education has withdrawn accreditation from Alliance University, effective Dec. 31. The move comes after the accreditor placed the institution on show cause status in March due to financial concerns and various other issues. Alliance University, a private Christian university in New York, was formerly known as Nyack College until …
[ad_1] Liberty University communications director Ryan Helfenbein sparked controversy in an interview last week when he referred to Adolf Hitler and other murderous dictators while discussing cultural battles over education at the Road to Majority Policy Conference held in Washington, D.C. “Education really is evangelism. If you don’t control education, you cannot control the future—Stalin …
[ad_1] Former University of Pennsylvania president Amy Gutmann, speaking at commencement in 2015, received almost $23 million upon leaving her job in 2021. Gilbert Carrasquillo/WireImage/Getty Images In 2006, University of Pennsylvania president Amy Gutmann was photographed at a Halloween party standing next to a student dressed as a suicide bomber. The photo went viral, and Gutmann—who …
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