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Does Calculus Count Too Much in Admissions?
New report suggests it does, and admissions association agrees. So do a lot of mathematicians.
New Programs: Public Health Informatics, Supply Chain Management, Cannabis, Engineering, Kinesiology
Dominican College, in New York, is starting a public health informatics and technology concentration in both the health sciences major...
How K-12 Book Bans Affect Higher Education
Some educators fear removing controversial books from the K-12 curriculum will harm student development and critical thinking—and rob them of the cultural capital colleges expect them to possess.
‘Without Her Consent’
Harvard University allegedly obtained a Title IX complainant’s outside mental health records, absent her permission. How could that be possible?
Alumni Magazines Find Their Digital Footing
The COVID-19 pandemic forced many alumni magazines to cancel print issues and build up their websites instead. Print is coming back, but the enhanced digital offerings are here to stay.
‘The Tip of the Iceberg’
Harvard faces a lawsuit by three graduate students who say for years it ignored their warnings and complaints about a prominent anthropologist before making minimal findings against him.
Opinion
The Syllabus? It’s On
The fact that students couldn’t find hidden money—even though its location was revealed in a professor’s syllabus—demonstrates a problem not with them but with our syllabi, writes Jonathan Beecher Field.
Opinion
Small Changes to Promote DEI in College Classrooms
While there are no shortcuts, we can adopt some small, intentional steps in four key areas that can yield big results for student success, write Rita Kumar and Brenda Refaei.