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Senate Might Rebuke DeVos on Borrower Defense
As Senate debates joining House in condemning Education Department rule on forgiving student loans, key Republicans are on the fence.
Free Speech Challenges in Real Time
The University of California's second annual conference on campus free speech turned into an actual exercise in free speech when student protesters unexpectedly showed up.
Education Dept. Penalizes University of Southern California
An investigation by the federal agency's Office for Civil Rights found the university failed to protect students from a serial sexual predator employed as a gynecologist at the campus health center.
UC Santa Cruz Strike Spreads
The University of California, Santa Cruz’s ongoing graduate employee strike over a requested cost of living adjustment spread to two...
Education Department Creates Coronavirus Task Force
Betsy DeVos, the U.S. secretary of education, announced Thursday that the Education Department is creating a task force to prepare...
Identifying Local Skills Gaps
New report from Emsi explains how regions can use data to identify skills gaps, which vary wildly across cities and even within industries, and what that means for higher ed.
Report Challenges Value of Textbook Auto-Billing
Contracts between colleges and publishers allowing students to be automatically billed for course materials as part of their college fees...
Nicotine and E-Cigarettes
What makes someone dependent on e-cigarettes? In today's Academic Minute, St. Michael's College's Ari Kirshenbaum devised a game to find...