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A Forced Faculty Divide

State appeals court rejects proposed joint non-tenure-track and tenured faculty union at U of Minnesota Twin Cities.

Diversity Is Up in Humanities at 2-Year Colleges

An increasing number of minority students are pursuing associate degrees in humanities and liberal arts at community colleges.

Updated Classic on Race Relations

Beverly Daniel Tatum discusses revised 20th-anniversary edition of Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Opinion

Manning the Gender Barricades

In True Sex: The Lives of Trans Men at the Turn of the 20th Century, Emily Skidmore describes how manhood in that day was as much a moral status as a sexual category, writes Scott McLemee.

Harvard Professor Tells Students They Should Come to Class

A year after instructor of the university’s largest course said it was fine for students to watch videos instead of coming to class, he changes his mind.

Education Dept. Ends Partnership With CFPB

The agency this week quietly ended a collaboration with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to share information about student loan complaints.

Killing a Doctorate

U of Arizona professor's Ph.D. is revoked after her findings on violent video games are questioned. Some wonder if her mentor and co-author is also to blame.

Protest During Poli-Sci Meeting

Critics hold signs during talk by John Yoo, demanding that controversial Berkeley professor be fired and excluded from speaking at such meetings.