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Completion Boost for 2-Year Students Who Take (Some) Online Courses

Black, Hispanic and low-income community college students who take up to half their courses online increase their odds of completing degrees, a working paper finds. Fully online learners are less likely to earn a credential.

New Programs: Data Science, Dental Therapy, Computer Engineering

College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University are starting a major in data science. Skagit Valley College, in partnership...

History Hiring in the Pandemic

New report from the American Historical Association shows that job ads, a proxy for faculty hiring, declined dramatically in 2020–21 but have started to rebound. The long-term outlook remains sobering.
Opinion

Are We Doing It Wrong?

How, in a polarized nation, Steph Liberatore asks, should we be teaching argument in the academy? Should we be focusing less on persuasion and more on understanding?

Hand Signals Improve Zoom Meetings

Students who use a set of gestures in video gatherings feel closer to their classmates and believe they learn more than students who don’t, a new study suggests. Using emojis doesn’t deliver the same benefits.

The Case for Gender-Diverse Research Teams

Study finds that male-female research teams produce more innovative, impactful research than all-male or all-female teams, and the more gender-balanced the diverse teams are, the better.

Tenure Awarded at… Harford CC, U of Hawai‘i at West Oʻahu

Harford Community College Claudia Brown, mass communications John Donahue, sociology Ben Fisler, theater and performing arts Regina Johnson, English Cynthia...

Fall’s Mask Mandate Outlook

COVID-19 masking policies for fall are all over the place. Disability advocates worry about what it all means for diversity and inclusion, though U of Pittsburgh has negotiated a new way to accommodate high-risk faculty members.