Stay updated with breaking news from Inside Higher. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
West Texas A&M's Faculty Senate voted no confidence in its president last spring, partly for his talk of a “textbook-free” campus. Now he's doubling down. West Texas A&M University’s president made a splashy announcement late last week: effective next fall, his university would no longer charge students for “textbooks.”
Less than a week before classes start, New College of Florida has added a new class on Homer’s Odyssey to the course catalog, according to emails provided to Inside Higher Ed. The course is targeted at first-year students and offers all attendees a complimentary dinner, served by food trucks, each class—as well as a free copy of Robert Fagles’s translation of the epic poem. The college hopes to enroll as many as 90 students in the course.
Proposed cuts at West Virginia University threaten the future of a liberal-arts education in one of the nation’s poorest states while portending a dark future for higher education everywhere.
Union Institute has been missing payroll and rent payments at facilities in Ohio and Florida. University leaders have offered little reassurance or recourse as employees fear a potential closure. Union Institute & University is in dire financial straits. The nonprofit online institution has been locked out of its headquarters in Cincinnati and faces eviction from its center in Florida. Meanwhile, employees have filed a lawsuit over unpaid wages.
The school had earlier posted flyers announcing the closure, only to say a decision had not been made.