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5 Charts Depicting How Faculty Have Changed in Last 20 Years

A recent report from CUPA-HR delved into 20 years of data to highlight how colleges’ priorities are affecting faculty. Here’s what stood out to us.

Nature: DOGE Screening NIH Awards, Ordering Projects Killed

The U.S. Department of Government Efficiency has been screening all National Institutes of Health grants since early this month, Nature’s...
A classroom of students wearing black VR goggles, the student in the foreground has one hand outstretched in front of them

Practical Use Cases for Learning With VR In Higher Education

Colleges offer students learning opportunities through new and innovative virtual reality simulations.

U.K. Fund to Attract International Researchers Gets $40M

Britain’s Royal Society has announced government-backed fellowships as countries race to sign up scientific talent fleeing the U.S.

Higher Ed Unions Call for Free College in Federal Policy Agenda

A coalition of labor unions representing faculty and other higher education workers called for free college and more Thursday—the same...
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Opinion

What AI Can’t Read: Ambiguities and Silences

By using AI for a task for which it is particularly ill-equipped—analyzing the testimony of Holocaust survivors—students deepen their own thinking, Jan Burzlaff writes.

NSF Cuts Off Colleges That Push ‘Illegal DEI,’ Boycott Israel

The National Science Foundation won’t award grants to universities that promote “diversity, equity and inclusion … in violation of Federal...
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For Some Anxious Faculty, Family Offers Relief

New research shows that early-career faculty are especially anxious but that having nearby family or a parent who is an academic alleviates stress. If faculty don’t have family to lean on, institutions can step in to offer support.