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A Deadly Toll in Academe
Four prominent academics died last month from COVID-19. The toll is likely to grow as the coronavirus spreads and more Americans die, as predicted by public health authorities.
Scholars v. COVID-19 Racism
Scholars with expertise in Asian American studies, public health and other fields have a new urgent agenda for their teaching, research and outreach: confronting coronavirus-related racism.
Frozen Searches
Scores of institutions announce faculty hiring freezes in response to the coronavirus.
Is Canceling Student Debt the Right Approach?
Canceling student debt has become a cause among progressives. But behind the scenes, they had different views on including it in the stimulus package.
Opinion
Lead From the Future
The brand of remote instruction most colleges are offering now will create a backlash against online education. Colleges will have to significantly expand the learning ecosystem to overcome it, write Peter Stokes and Mark Johnson.
The Big Transition
The University of Washington was one of the first U.S. institutions to move online amid the pandemic. Here's how faculty say the transition is going.
New Programs: Nursing, Cyberoperations, Biology, Criminal Justice, Hospitality Management, Brewing Science, Data Science, Actuarial Science, Religion, Neuroscience
Carthage College is starting a program for those who have earned an associate degree in nursing to earn a B.S...
Ranking Academic Freedom Globally
Developers of new index rating countries by their level of academic freedom are challenging university rankers to consider such freedoms more broadly.