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Some College Athletes Cash In While Others Lose Out

October 12, 2021
Star athletes at Division I schools are earning big payouts from the NCAA’s interim name, image and likeness policy, while athletes playing minor sports at smaller schools struggle to make sense of it.

The Campus Kiddie Ban

October 12, 2021
Columbia College of Chicago says children can’t be in the classroom and otherwise need advance permission to be on campus -- for no more than an hour. Faculty, staff and student leaders are united in their opposition to the policy.

Law on Transfer Process Sparks Controversy

October 12, 2021
The California law promises to streamline the transfer process for community college students. College leaders and faculty members are skeptical.

‘Studying Abroad, Speaking Out’

October 12, 2021
Report on speech policies for students studying abroad speaks to tensions in balancing student rights and student safety overseas.

New Programs: Music, Cybersecurity, Cannabis Business, Education, Criminology, Project Management, Human Rights

October 12, 2021
Bard College is starting a master of music in instrumental arts. California State University at San Bernardino is starting an M.S. in national security intelligence analysis and cybersecurity.

Dream Grant

October 11, 2021
First they got tenure at Colby College. Then they each got $100,000, no strings attached. Could the Haynesville Project be the new donation paradigm?

Free Speech Fury Over China Stickers

October 11, 2021
Emerson suspends right-wing student group that distributed stickers saying “CHINA KINDA SUS” and denounces “anti-China” and “anti-Chinese” message. A free speech group cries foul.

Recap: First Week of Negotiated Rule Making

October 11, 2021
The meeting between negotiators to discuss regulatory changes to student aid programs differed from past negotiated rule-making sessions.

Faculty, Students Say President’s Plagiarism Is a Double Standard

October 11, 2021
Some West Liberty faculty members have called on W. Franklin Evans to resign, while others seek a vote of no confidence. Students and faculty are looking to the board to act on the issue.

U of Alabama Asks Employees to Sign Confidentiality Agreement

October 8, 2021
Hours after news of the agreement was published in a local newspaper, legal counsel told employees in the system office that it was investigating a “breach of confidentiality.”

University of Michigan Faculty Calls for Changes

October 8, 2021
After the university president announced his plan to step down next year, faculty members called for policy changes on remote teaching, COVID-19 testing and contact tracing, and addressing sexual misconduct.

‘Demographics Are Not Destiny’

October 8, 2021
A new report examines how much control community colleges have over former students’ wages and their ability to pay off loans postcollege.

English Is Dominant Language of Science in Latin America

October 8, 2021
English overtakes Spanish and Portuguese, study finds.

Students Gather in Washington to Protest Sexual Assault

October 7, 2021
The Education Department refused to heed a petition by students and sexual assault survivors demanding an immediate rollback of the Title IX changes instituted by the Trump administration.

Change Comes to Public Service Loan Forgiveness

October 7, 2021
Most of the reforms are temporary, but they’ll still help hundreds of thousands of borrowers chart a renewed path toward loan forgiveness.

‘The Ph.D. Parenthood Trap’

October 7, 2021
Authors discuss their new book on parents in academe.

Dealing With Students’ Learning Loss: The Key Podcast

October 7, 2021
Two experts on student learning discuss how colleges and professors can gauge whether and how much the pandemic set back students on their educational paths.

Capital Campaign Watch: Caltech, Cedarville, Kent State, Missouri U of Science and Technology, Ohio Wesleyan, U of North Carolina Greensboro, U of Pennsylvania, Yale

October 7, 2021
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Gonzaga University Grapples With Ties to Predatory Priests

October 6, 2021
A commission recommended how administrators can respond to the Catholic clergy sex abuse crisis and the university’s links to accused priests. Advocates for survivors were not impressed.

A Canceled Talk, and Questions About Just Who Is Politicizing Science

October 6, 2021
A professor of climate science who opposed diversity initiatives cries foul over a canceled lecture. His supporters say this threatens science communication, but he’s been invited to speak at MIT in another capacity.

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