Tiffany PennamonHomeTechnology Companies Team Up To Eliminate ‘Summer Melt’Two innovative technology-based education companies are tackling what education researchers coin “summer melt,” a phenomenon of college-intending students failing to enroll at any institution the fall following their high school graduation. Signal Vine, a text messaging platform, and Study.com have created and shared innovative ways to help vulnerable students potentially at risk of “summer melt” […]July 23, 2017StudentsSouthern New Hampshire U. Showing Refugees A New PathSouthern New Hampshire University (SNHU) is paving the way as one of the first American institutions to grant online degrees to students living in refugee camps.July 10, 2017African-AmericanHeartbroken Jazz Aficionados Agree: Geri Allen Brought ‘Spirit to the Music’Geri Allen, the beloved jazz musician and director of jazz studies at the University of Pittsburgh, died of cancer on Tuesday in Philadelphia at the age of 60.June 28, 2017Faculty & StaffStudent Evaluations at Center of American University Tenure FightCarolyn Brown, an assistant professor at American University, is appealing the provost’s decision to reject her tenure application, saying the rejection is based upon a “flawed and biased” analysis of her teaching efficiency.June 22, 2017Community CollegesAAUP Adds 2 Institutions, Removes 2 From Censure ListThe American Association of University Professors’ censure list, currently composed of 56 institutions, is a compilation of college administrations that have been cited for violating principles and standards of academic freedom.June 19, 2017African-AmericanTracy Smith Named New Poet LaureateTracy K. Smith, the director of Creative Writing and the Roger S. Berlind Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University, has been named the nation’s 22nd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2017-2018.June 15, 2017Previous PagePage 5 of 5