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February 18, 2021
President says his plan to support free public higher education will make a difference to future students.

February 18, 2021
Cases are going up at colleges and universities, despite more testing. Some colleges have put in place tight restrictions. Others have been more flexible.

February 18, 2021
Faculty members who saw the shift to online learning as an opportunity were less likely to feel burned out or receive poor ratings on their teaching.

February 18, 2021
First-time international graduate enrollments plummeted last fall, but substantial numbers of students deferred admission, according to a new survey from the Council of Graduate Schools.

February 18, 2021
Government proposes system to assure free speech, but faculty and student groups object.

February 17, 2021
New analysis seeks to make sense of what's really going on with respect to gender and other kinds of bias and teaching evaluations. It offers suggestions for meaningful evaluations during COVID-19 and beyond.

February 17, 2021
Research suggests that attackers who disrupted online classes often did so at the invitation and encouragement of students in those same classes -- which instructors need to know if they want to guard against noxious interruptions.

February 17, 2021
Campus closures have stopped COVID-19 testing and vaccinations while some colleges struggle through power outages and burst pipes displacing students.

February 17, 2021
Author discusses her new book on first-generation students and how they navigate college life.

February 17, 2021
Clarkson University Amber Stephenson, health-care management Ithaca College Julie Dorsey, occupational therapy Jessica Dunning-Lozano, sociology Carlos Figueroa, politics Enrique González-Conty, modern languages and literatures Christine Kitano, writing Risham Majeed, art history Megan Martinez, mathematics Brooks Miner, biology Christin Schillinger, music University of La Verne

February 16, 2021
California, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa and Kentucky are looking at spending more on colleges and universities in the upcoming fiscal year. Georgia, Hawaii, Nevada and North Dakota eye cuts.

February 16, 2021
Law professor is accused of ignoring extensive historical evidence in claiming that the "comfort women" were not sex slaves but instead were willing and well-compensated prostitutes.

February 16, 2021
A new report from the National Council for Teacher Quality argues that raising admissions standards for teacher training programs can also increase diversity in the field.

February 16, 2021
Ann Barr-Gillespie, vice provost and executive dean of the College of Health Professions at Pacific University, in Oregon, has been promoted to provost and vice president for academic affairs there.

February 15, 2021
A Black student at the University of Tennessee's pharmacy school is suing the institution for punishing her for social media posts that violated "professionalism" standards she believes are overly broad and racially targeted.

February 15, 2021
English departments rethink what to call themselves in light of how diverse they've become.

February 15, 2021
Some states are prioritizing vaccinating teachers and staff in pre-K-12 over college faculty members and staff. Should the two groups be treated differently?

February 15, 2021
New University of Maryland Global Campus president answers questions, sharing his vision for meeting students where they are and expanding the online university's national footprint.

February 15, 2021
Berkshire Community College is starting a certificate in entrepreneurship. New York University is starting an M.S. in clinical research nursing. Northwestern College, in Iowa, is starting a major in software engineering.

February 12, 2021
Saint Joseph's University and the University of the Sciences make a play for scale and health-care programs, but issues of identity will need to be addressed.

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