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Already Battered by Cuts, Researchers and Colleges Face Federal Shutdown Impacts
Two weeks into the government shutdown with no resolution in sight, higher ed associations and researchers say the inability of scientists to contact federal agency workers or get new grants approved is causing harm.
How to Make Faculty Affairs Work at Any Institution
Reema Zeineldin has made a career in faculty affairs, and now she’s turned her and others’ expertise, alongside numerous case studies, into a practical manual for tackling this work.
4 Ways to Better Grade Team Projects
Simply grading the final group output is insufficient, Lauren Vicker and Tim Franz write.
2 U.S. Academics Among Winners of Nobel Prize in Economics
MIT Rejects Proposed Federal Compact
MIT is the first institution to reject a proposal by the Trump administration that would trade preferential treatment on federal funding for far-reaching changes.
Curators of Knowledge, Not Chaos
Universities cannot—and should not—platform every perspective, Gerardo Martí writes.
Saudi Arabia Approves Branch Campus for Longtime Partner U of New Haven
The institution says it started educating Saudi royal family members in the ’90s and later developed curricula for a Saudi “security college,” despite criticism. Now it could be the first university approved to open a branch campus in the kingdom.
Texas Systems Review Course Descriptions, Syllabi, as Critics Scrutinize Them
Syllabi and course information are becoming increasingly public and Texas institutions are scrambling to scrub them of topics like gender identity.