APLU In The News
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Inside Indiana Business
University Leaders Gather in Indy
More than 1,200 university representatives from throughout the United States are in Indianapolis for the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities’ 128th annual meeting. University of California President and former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano is keynoting the event.
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USA Today
NCAA’s Emmert cautions schools about academic ‘mismatches’
NCAA President Mark Emmerttold a gathering of high-ranking university officials Sunday that they have an “ethical responsibility” to address what he termed academic or admissions mismatches that result in Division I athletes struggling in the classroom and having trouble completing meaningful degree programs.
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Chronicle of Higher Education
Public-University Group Expands ‘Personalized Learning’ Efforts
The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities is expanding its support of “personalized learning” with the help of a new $4.6-million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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Indiana Ag Connection
Task Force Wants Antibiotic Resistance Top on Agenda
A national task force report on the growing problem of antibiotic resistance in animal agriculture highlights the need to make finding solutions a top public health priority, said Willie Reed, dean of the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine.
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Inside Higher Ed
More Support for ‘Lingua’ Editors
More library and higher education groups on Thursday threw their support behind the editors of the linguistics journalLingua, upping the pressure on publisher Elsevier.
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The Wall Street Journal
Public Higher Education and Voluntary Transparency
The “higher-education lobby” isn’t a singular force opposed to improved data, increased transparency and greater oversight. Public colleges and universities, which educate nearly three-quarters of all students, have been fierce advocates of lifting the legal ban that blocks the federal government from providing comprehensive aggregate data on student outcomes. We want more transparency of higher-education…
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Inside Higher Ed
Leveraging ‘Lingua’
The editors and editorial board members of the linguistics journal Lingua have stoked antipublisher sentiment with their highly publicized protest against Elsevier. But judging by past revolts, turning their popularity into editorial success for their new journal, Glossa, could be a challenge. Open-access advocates, meanwhile, see the conflict as an opportunity to further their cause.
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San Diego Newscape
Task force wants antibiotic resistance solutions at top of public health agenda
A national task force report on the growing problem of antibiotic resistance in animal agriculture spotlights the need to make finding solutions a top public health priority, said Willie Reed, dean of the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine.
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The Baltimore Sun
Culture of innovation takes root at Morgan
When I became president at Morgan State University over five years ago, I indicated that one of our goals should be to produce the next wave of leaders who are innovators in America, given Morgan’s impressive statewide and national standing in not only engineering and science-based disciplines but also in the fine and performing arts,…
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American Libraries
Elsevier and Open Access Journals
As reported in Inside Higher Education, there is evidence of fed-up academics taking a harder line against increasing journal prices: “All six editors and all 31 editorial board members of Lingua, one of the top journals in linguistics, last week resigned to protest Elsevier’s policies on pricing and its refusal to convert the journal to…
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