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The Ford Fellowship program for diverse scholars is ending after nearly six decades. Experts worry it will leave a big hole in the funding landscape for underrepresented would-be professors.

As Supreme Court prepares to consider affirmative action, and as new systems challenge traditional admissions, what do admissions directors think?

Altmetrics track how scholarly works are discussed, shared, read and reused online. Such real-time feedback may especially matter for underrepresented and early-career researchers, though the metrics have limitations.

Limited access to active learning spaces may disproportionately hurt historically excluded groups, and institutions should build more of these spaces in the name of equity, according to a new study. Where does higher ed stand on next-generation learning spaces?

The longtime employee worked her way up from a temporary maid to executive assistant in the president’s office.

Michigan State trustees are trying to push the president out for reasons that remain unclear. Meanwhile, the president and trustees are trading accusations on alleged Title IX missteps.

Forgiven debt will be taxed in Arkansas, California, Indiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina and Wisconsin unless lawmakers in those states change the laws.

Antoinette A. Coleman, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University System of Maryland, has been selected as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Medgar Evers College, part of the City University of New York.

Colleges’ COVID vaccine policies and messaging have a major effect on students’ attitudes toward immunization, a new report from the American College Health Association finds.