by Diana Senechal Behemoth, NY—At Omega Universal Institute (OUI), faculty unanimously voted to welcome “talent coaches” into their classrooms. These coaches would evaluate their teaching against a checklist to ensure that it conformed to the latest practices. Professors would then reflect on their evaluations and pledge to improve by a given deadline. In addition, they [...]

by Brody Truce Senior Staff Writer

After the overwhelming success of the University of Texas’s “Ethics Unwrapped” program featuring ex-lobbyist and convicted felon Jack Abramoff, a world tour is being planned for A-list ethics specialists to extoll wisdom to business and political science students. “Students and faculty at the McCombs School of Business were the perfect test audience for us,” said [...]

The Department of Academic Advising at New Amsterdam College has begun a campaign to renew personal relationships through a training model that emphasizes paper. “For us, paper is much more personal because it requires that we hand it to you,” said advising coordinator Norma Peters, who has worked for the college for 30 years. “We’ve [...]

by Matthew Michael Freelance Writer Inspired by state legislation that authorizes all Arizonans to deport others at will, the Student Conduct Office at Arizona Central University has proposed deportation as a sanction for academic misconduct cases. Seventy percent of the campus is in favor of the tough, new penalty. That majority includes Ted McCallister, a [...]

by Irma Pelt Senior Staff Writer As the summer draws to a close, many college students are faced with the arduous task of defending their internship experiences against the predefined learning outcomes provided by their academic departments. “This was a highly competitive internship,” said Brandi Estrada, a senior at Bomgren State University. “My advisor was [...]

by Irma Pelt Senior Staff Writer Eddinger College is investigating multiple reports from students that Nancy Payton, secretary in the department of behavioral neuroscience, attempted to provide academic assistance to them. “I went in to the office because I was struggling with a lab assignment about neural mechanisms involved in obesity. I was hoping to [...]

by Clara Webb Freelance Writer One of America’s oldest and most revered institutions of higher learning is launching a new graduate program designed to raise the standards of scholarship in many of academia’s traditional fields. The Doctor of Philosophy of the Order of Superior Honors (PhDOOSH) program will accept students from the departments of literature, [...]

by Irma Pelt Senior Staff Writer A class action lawsuit filed in Wisconsin by the freshman class at Poltzer State College alleges that incoming students were intentionally misled by the university during an overnight orientation program in June. Orientation, of which there are sixteen sessions, is a flagship opportunity for the university to connect with [...]

by Alexander Riche Freelance Writer In a surprise move last month, the Library of Congress announced its intent to acquire all posts since March 2006 from social media site Twitter. The reaction was swift. Markus Trinion, a doctoral student doing his dissertation on faculty attitudes toward technology, described his frustration at the venerable institution’s surprise [...]