College Access Remains Major Hurdle for Hispanics, AAPIs in California Diverse College Access Remains Major Hurdle for Hispanics, AAPIs in California Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education comments on a report about the power of minority-serving institutions in California.
Feud at Florida A&M Has Echoes of Governance Issues at Other Black Colleges Chronicle of Higher Education Feud at Florida A&M Has Echoes of Governance Issues at Other Black Colleges Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education is quoted on a developing disagreement between a college president and a board of trustees.
What You Do on Twitter Reveals How Much Money You Make The Washington Post What You Do on Twitter Reveals How Much Money You Make A study by Daniel Preotiuc-Pietro of the School of Arts & Sciences analyzed more than 10 million posts of 5,191 publicly available Twitter user profiles.
Cardiff University Rejects Bid to Bar Germaine Greer The New York Times Cardiff University Rejects Bid to Bar Germaine Greer Students at Cardiff University have begun an online petition trying to bar Germaine Greer, the Australian feminist author, from speaking there next month because of her views on transgender women.
Cholesterol Levels and Tendon Pain May Be Related PhillyVoice Cholesterol Levels and Tendon Pain May Be Related Louis J. Soslowsky of School of Engineering and Applied Science, comments on the link between obesity, cholesterol and tendon pain.
NLRB Returns to Grad Student Unions Insider Higher Ed NLRB Returns to Grad Student Unions The National Labor Relations Board -- voting 3 to 1 -- agreed Wednesday to reconsider whether graduate teaching assistants at private nonprofit universities are entitled to collective bargaining.
Questions Linger Over How UNC Chose Spellings Chronicle of Higher Education Questions Linger Over How UNC Chose Spellings After Friday’s selection of the former U.S. secretary of education Margaret Spellings as the new president of the University of North Carolina system, some faculty members and students across the state expressed guarded hope for her leadership. But many of them remained concerned over what had been a messy and divisive search process.
Morehouse Seeks Rebound in Finances, Enrollment AJC News Atlanta Morehouse Seeks Rebound in Finances, Enrollment Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education is quoted on the challenges of being the president of a higher-ed institution.
5 Facing Murder Charges in Baruch Hazing Death Appear in Court The New York Times 5 Facing Murder Charges in Baruch Hazing Death Appear in Court Crowded into a small courtroom here, five fraternity members from New York City on Thursday appeared before a judge for the first time since being charged with murder in the 2013 death of a 19-year-old pledge in a hazing ritual.
New Home for Liberal Arts Insider Higher Ed New Home for Liberal Arts “Having tasted the forbidden fruits of liberal arts, I realize there are so many amazing aspects to academic life,” says Colette Chiaranussati, who is clearly not regretting her decision to quit her medical course.