3+ hour, 35+ min ago   (337+ words) BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — A reversal by the Bluefield State University Board of Governors and Dr. Darrin Martin is no longer the president at his alma mater. The BOG announced Thursday evening it had voted to withdraw its July 14 approval to renew…...

19+ hour, 59+ min ago   (522+ words) Wealthy students with high standardized test scores make up the majority of students at the most selective universities, which also spend far more on student instruction than less selective institutions. So where does that leave everyone else? Roughly two-thirds of…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (779+ words) By Candice Wilder | Originally published by Mississippi Today At his first convocation as Tougaloo College’s president, Corey Wiggins reflected on a question he’d asked himself before the event: What prepared him for this moment? “And strangely enough, my mind didn’t…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (119+ words) Subject: Afternoon Update: The future of plagiarism (opinion) The Chronicle of Higher Education Keep up with the latest headlines and trending stories. Delivered every weekday afternoon. From: The Chronicle of Higher Education Subject: Afternoon Update: The future of plagiarism (opinion)…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (338+ words) UCLA Health is set to participate in a new three-year initiative to expand employment opportunities and training for Californians with intellectual and developmental disabilities — a population that has historically been overlooked by the job market. In the new $5.4 million initiative,…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (745+ words) Students at Bowman Elementary School ran across platforms, swung on monkey bars and swings, and rode on a “unity spinner” that works like a merry-go-round at a “popsicles and placements” event held just before the start of classes this month....

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (612+ words) Maine School Administrative District 6 committed $250,000 Monday for new playground equipment at five of its six elementary schools. The playgrounds were removed this summer after they failed a safety inspection in the spring. Community members encouraged the district, which spans Buxton,…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (596+ words) MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — As the fall semester begins, senior Kennedy Garrett is settling in as Middle Tennessee State University’s 95th Student Government Association president, elected to represent the best interests of MTSU’s 20,000-member student body in cooperation with faculty and administration. Raised…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (945+ words) The Trump administration is proposing to give itself greater authority to cut off education grants and reduce the size of multiyear awards after its efforts to end in-progress grants have repeatedly run into legal trouble. The U.S. Department of Education issued…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (573+ words) Over 15 years of ocean science and conservation online Are you in conservation or academia and have noticed these things happening? Cut down the tall poppy “Why does this person think they’re so special?” Publications? These are countable. Grants? The dollar…...