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To Thank or Not to Thank: Students in Divestment Fight
Experts say crediting students for their climate advocacy is wise. But institutions tend to minimize the role campus activists may have played in helping them decide to divest from fossil fuels.
Supporting Students With Long COVID
Disabilities services professionals want to get the word out about how students may be affected by long COVID. A new workbook offers tips for those helping these students navigate college while coping with the virus's lingering effects.
Savvy Students Get the Guidance
Having a professor, adviser or other mentor can greatly help in navigating college and launching a career, but many students aren’t seeking out such relationships.
Long Lines and Short Fuses in the Dining Halls
Institutions across the U.S. face a shortage of dining hall workers. Can Grubhub, Panda Express and spatula-wielding professors fill the gap?
Alumni Organize to Protect Free Speech
Alumni free speech groups from a handful of institutions establish an alliance to protect freedom of expression, ensure viewpoint diversity and combat “cancel culture” across academe.
Reducing ‘Period Poverty’ at California’s Public Institutions
A new law requires California state universities and community colleges to provide students with free menstrual products. But some campus groups have been supplying them for years.
Faculty Diversity Fell in Time of Crisis
New study looks back to find that faculty diversity took a hit in terms of tenure-track hires during and after the Great Recession. Study also looks ahead to warn that the same thing could happen during and after COVID-19.
U.S. Graduate Enrollments Grew in 2020
Enrollments rose in fall 2020 despite big drops in incoming international students. Gains among part-time and underrepresented minority students helped fuel the increase.