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Are Two Disciplines Better Than One? The Push for Integrated Majors
Ten colleges will launch integrated majors, which combine two existing degrees into one, to see if they lead to increased diversity and skill sets suited to the 21st century.
Fewer New Med Students Are Black, Hispanic
Denied Vote on Pro-BDS Resolution, MLA Convention Attendees Protest
The backlash continues to the Modern Language Association Executive Council’s fall decision not to let members vote on a pro-Palestinian resolution.
Pro-Palestinian Columbia Professor Departs After Investigation
Katherine Franke, a law professor whose interview became the subject of a university investigation, says she’s effectively been terminated.
New on the Job: Q&A With Sarah Ellison, Sonoma State University
The associate vice president of student affairs shares how her career trajectory informs the work she does now managing student access and success services on campus.
Painful, Pragmatic or Both?
Advocates for undocumented students feel mixed emotions after the Biden administration nixed plans to expand some TRIO programs to noncitizens.
In-State, Black and Latino Enrollments Up Across UC System
The University of California system has been under pressure to enroll more in-state students for years. Newly released data shows that it’s making progress.
‘Historians Should Be Everywhere’: Questions for the AHA’s Retiring Leader
Jim Grossman, exiting after 15 years as executive director of the American Historical Association, discusses his efforts to multiply historians’ routes to tenure, The 1619 Project’s impact on history debates and why policymakers need historians.