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New Programs: Hemp Cultivation, Occupational Therapy, Environmental Studies, Human Nutrition
Eastern Connecticut State University is starting a minor in hemp cultivation. Notre Dame of Maryland University is starting an occupational...
What Academic Labor Wants
Summit of dozens of leaders of faculty and staff in higher education develops an ambitious agenda. They want “the common good over profit and prestige.”
AAUP vs. FIRE
The two groups differ on what may be done to prevent racist statements in class.
The Professor and the Post
A faculty member quits his job because of the uproar over a Facebook post he insists he didn’t write.
New Programs: Global Affairs, Environment, Artificial Intelligence
University at Buffalo, of the State University of New York, is starting an M.A. and a B.A. in global affairs...
A New Arts College in Connecticut
Amid a flurry of pandemic-caused college closures, mergers and acquisitions, leaders of the Norwalk Conservatory of the Arts are busy preparing to welcome their first class of students.
Hannah-Jones Turns Down UNC Offer
She will join the faculty at Howard University, as will author and fellow journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates. The fallout continues at Chapel Hill, where many view her decision as the result of racism among UNC trustees who resisted granting her tenure.
Opinion
The Good Enough Professor
During the pandemic, Douglas Guiffrida has found that the faculty who’ve succeeded in the new environment share a similar attitude that appears to be lacking among those who’ve struggled.