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Western Connecticut Challenges Reflect System Tensions
Faculty at Western Connecticut State University are pressing administrators for collaborative solutions after a financial collapse. For system leaders, it’s just one of many challenges they face.
Lung Cancer and Radon in Uranium Miners: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: David Richardson, professor of environmental and occupational health at the University of California, Irvine, explores...
How Colleges Are Defining and Measuring Their Value: Key Podcast
Colleges are under growing pressure to prove their “value” to students, parents, legislators and others. The scrutiny can be uncomfortable...
Opinion
‘One Thing a Person Cannot Do…’
“… is to draw up a list of things that would never occur to him!” A Thomas Schelling quote prompts Julius Nagy to reflect on the value of a liberal arts education.
4 College Programs Honored for Latino Student Success
Excelencia in Education, an advocacy organization focused on Latino students, announced the academic programs that would be designated the 2022...
Consumer Board: Transcript Withholding Is Abusive
The withholding of transcripts by colleges to pressure borrowers is abusive, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Thursday in a...
The Engaged (and Supported) Professor: ‘Inside Higher Ed’ Report
Faculty members have been through the wringer in recent years, facing growing demands from students and their institutions at a...
Johns Hopkins Instructor Accused of Trying to Pass Info to Russia
A Johns Hopkins doctor and her wife were federally indicted Wednesday for attempting to leak sensitive medical information about U.S...