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Academic Minute: Crime on Campus
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Penn State University Week: Katherine McLean, associate professor of criminal justice, examines one...
College Fines Students for Not Wearing Face Masks
Saint Joseph's College in Maine is issuing $50 tickets to students for failing to wear a face mask, the Associated...
Mapping the Classroom as Community
Professors can learn a lot by seeing how students are interacting. In today's Academic Minute, part of Penn State University...
Faculty Salaries Dip This Year
Professor pay declined this year for the first time since it recovered -- somewhat -- from the Great Recession. Salary data don't include professors who were laid off.
Community Colleges Turn to New Incentives for Recruitment
Desperate to slow the steep decline of entering students, community colleges are getting creative and offering scholarships, complimentary laptops and free summer courses to high school graduates who enroll.
Capital Campaign Watch: Anderson, Marquette, University of Central Arkansas
Anderson University, in Indiana, has started a campaign to raise $20 million. The university has already raised $12.5 million with...
Opinion
Colleges Can Teach How to Open Eyes and Ears
Higher education must help people understand the Derek Chauvin trial and its implications, along with other examples of the brutality of racism, write Suzanne Rivera and G. Gabrielle Starr.
Is Diversity Moral? Educational?
Study finds that most college diversity policies are based on educational benefits, consistent with the Supreme Court. This approach appeals to white people, but it doesn't win over Black people. And there may be consequences.