Academic Leadership

The University of Wisconsin System announced Wednesday that UW-Milwaukee will be the first campus to roll out flexible degree programs next fall for nontraditional adult students, and that the two-year UW Colleges will start providing general education and liberal arts courses in the flexible format.

UVM president appoints John Bramley to oversee changes suggested by governor-appointed advisory panel

Americans feel that higher education is imperative for a successful future, but they believe that the US higher education system is providing poor value for the cost, a Northeastern University survey has found.

Harvard offers them. Stanford and Duke offer them, and so do more than two dozen other universities around the country.

As the number of Hispanic students attending college continues to grow, Ferris State University is taking steps to strengthen its relationships with the Latino community on campus and in Grand Rapids.

Affordability, retention, and college completion — all key components of Governors State University’s commitment to students — took the spotlight recently during Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon’s visit to the university.

A public university located in one of California's prime pot-growing regions has formed an academic institute devoted to marijuana.

Retaliation? » ESL instructor who publicized program’s apparent tolerance of cheating now barred from campus.

Simply put, we want to create free minds, not ideological ones. The free mind thrives on the world of experiences with all of its contradictions, ambiguities, ironies and paradoxes.

The initiative won initial support from at least one school — St. Petersburg College — and also praise from several state education leaders.