Alverno College is starting a doctorate in education.
Berkshire Community College is starting a certificate in cannabis cultivation, retail and outreach.
Cornell College, in Iowa, is starting a low-residency […]

The Missing Course: Everything They Never Taught You About College Teaching (Harvard University Press) is about what many professors don't know because they haven't been taught. David Gooblar, who has […]

It seems like it's always been here, but this is only the 22nd edition. The Marist Mindset List (formerly the Beloit list) after the college that founded it, is the list that tells you what freshmen know — […]

DePaul University

Mary Bridget, physics
Sydney Dillard, communication
Sheena Erete, design
Timothy French, chemistry
Megan Greeson, psychology
Kyle Grice, chemistry
Barbara Harris, nursing
Bradley Hoot, […]

Anthony Kronman is no fan of current thinking in American higher education. Affirmative action? Renaming of buildings that honored those who embraced slavery? Political correctness, according to Kronman. And in […]

Auburn University is starting a graduate certificate in cybersecurity management.
Concordia University of Wisconsin is starting a master of science in speech-language pathology.
Marquette University is […]

As president of Wesleyan University since 2007, Michael S. Roth is no stranger to the debates that have consumed American higher education. He has defended invitations to controversial speakers, generally those […]

Starting Off

College of the Atlantic has started a two-year campaign to raise $50 million. Thus far, $41 million has been raised. Priorities include new facilities and financial aid.

Finishing U […]

David Kirp says the graduation rates of most American colleges and universities are unacceptable — they are simply too low. In The College Dropout Scandal (Oxford University Press), Kirp makes the case for […]

Albertus Magnus College is starting an undergraduate major in cybersecurity.
Coastal Carolina Community College is starting an associate in applied science program in air-conditioning, heating and refrigeration […]

Drury University

Greg Booker, communication
Natalie Precise, education
James Simmerman, business/finance

Winston-Salem State University

Rachelle Barnes, psychological sciences
Althea Bradford, […]

Homelessness is a serious problem in our society. A new book, Addressing Homelessness and Housing Insecurity in Higher Education (Teachers College Press), aims to portray the problem as a crucial one for higher […]

Centre College

Leonard Demoranville, chemistry
Jonathon Earle, history
Ellen Goldey, vice president of academic affairs and dean of the college
John Harney, history
Danielle La Londe, classical […]

Success rates for community college students lag those at other institutions. Why? Many factors are at work. Many community college students come from high schools where they received lousy teaching. A new book, […]

Anna Maria College has started an undergraduate major in digital and social media.
Briar Cliff University is starting a master's degree in psychiatric mental health nursing.
Emerson College and Franklin […]

Professors teach; most them teach undergraduates. This is their path to self-redemption, according to The Happy Professor: How to Teach Undergraduates and Feel Good About It (Rowman & Littlefield). Bill Coplin, […]

Kalamazoo College

Menelik Geremew, money and banking
Brittany Liu, psychology
Amanda Wollenberg, biology
Michael Wollenberg, biology

Widener University

Jennifer Cullen, human service […]

Boston University

Aaron Beeler, chemistry
James C. Bird, mechanical engineering and materials science and engineering
Peter Blake, psychological and brain sciences
Yuri Corrigan, Russian and comparative […]

Cabrini College is starting a bachelor of science in nursing program.
Grand Rapids Community College is starting a certificate program in welding.
Seminole State College of Florida is starting an associate of […]

Starting Off

Kettering University is starting a campaign to raise $150 million. A top priority is to finance a 105,000-square-foot learning facility. So far, the campaign has raised more than […]