Trustees at two Roman Catholic colleges in Western New York want to look at each other’s books in what may be the first step toward a new and expansive partnership, if not necessarily a merger.
For the third year in a row, the California Institute of Technology has retained the No. 1 spot in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Harvard University and the University of Oxford tied for second place, while Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology rounded out the top five.
Chen Guangcheng, a Chinese human-rights activist who had a public fight with New York University this past summer that raised questions about the influence of China on American higher education, has found a new home in academe. Mr. Chen will be a visiting fellow here at Catholic University of America, and will also be affiliated with a conservative think tank and a human-rights group started by a Democratic congressman.
Brenau University President Ed Schrader told members of the South Forsyth Rotary Club in Cumming this week that the rapid growth in the Sunbelt region of the United States demands more private higher education opportunities—particularly for adult learners in graduate and undergraduate health care studies.
Private higher education institutions have seen more than 48,000 students taking admissions by end of the last academic year, while the public higher education institutions recorded a drop of 21 per cent in student numbers