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A New Take on Gender and Productivity During COVID-19
Anecdotal and other empirical evidence says women are publishing less than men over all during the pandemic. This study found otherwise.
More Black Students Enroll in Select Liberal Arts Colleges
A new report from the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education found that multiple high-ranking liberal arts colleges saw increases in first-year Black student enrollment. However, some experts say challenges still remain.
Another Chancellor Out After Mishandling Misconduct
Boards are more likely to view the mishandling of sexual misconduct as a serious liability, experts say. Castro will likely not be the last higher education executive to step down for this reason.
‘A New Low’ in Attacks on Academic Freedom
Texas lieutenant governor Dan Patrick threatens to end tenure over the teaching of critical race theory, further escalating the ongoing war on the teaching of CRT and other so-called divisive concepts in many states.
In Afghanistan, Half-Empty Campuses
Male students attend classes from 7 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., while women come in from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Opinion
Don’t Look Up: Higher Education’s Missing Science/Tech Leaders
Less selective universities should hire more senior administrators with STEM backgrounds—or risk shortchanging their students in competition for the best jobs, Ryan Craig argues.
A Presidential Misstep on Higher Ed’s Missing Men
Purdue University president Mitch Daniels’s comments about the growing campus gender gap draw criticism from engineering professors and students.
Much More Than Bones
An anthropologist at San José State University says she’s being retaliated against for her views on what to do with human remains in research facilities and for her handling of those remains. Her critics question her understanding of the discipline as a whole.