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Low Grade? Arizona Bill Would Let Students Allege ‘Political Bias’
Legislation that’s near passage in Arizona would create a “grade challenge department” for public universities. It could force professors to change students’ marks.
Opinion
With Confidence in Higher Ed Plummeting, Colleges Must Recommit to Teaching
The best way to rebuild confidence in higher ed is to focus on teaching, Holden Thorp and Buck Goldstein write.
Opinion
It’s More Important Than Ever to Invest in Research Communication
Sharing big ideas in easy-to-understand ways can help academics and their colleges and universities expand their reach into the public sphere.
‘Nature’ Investigation Examines How Research Fraud Case Unfolded
An investigation by the journal Nature into the retraction last year of major research findings by a physicist at the...
Hopkins Medicine’s DEI Chief Resigns After Backlash to Comments on Privilege
The vice president and chief diversity officer of Johns Hopkins Medicine stepped down from her position Tuesday after a conservative...
New College of Florida Hires Professor Who Champions Colonialism
The institution’s president has appointed Bruce Gilley—who’s argued that a “European moral revolution” ended Africa’s “endemic slave empires” and said the transgender flag symbolizes mutilating children—to teach.
Report: Most University IT Employees Are Burned Out
IT employees at universities are experiencing burnout, increased workload and dipping budgets, according to a new report. Educause, a nonprofit...
Opinion
Bridging Disciplinary Divides
Is a more integrative, cross-disciplinary, theoretically informed understanding of change over time possible?