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Parent Receives a Year in Prison in Admissions Scandal
A federal judge in Boston, Nathaniel Gorton, sentenced Gamal Abdelaziz to one year and one day in prison, by far...
$57.75M Gift to UC Irvine Will Fund Depression Research
The University of California, Irvine, has received a $57.75 million gift to create a center for research into the causes...
MIT President to Step Down at End of Year
L. Rafael Reif will step down as president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at the end of 2022, MIT...
Improvisation in an AI-Dominated World: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Rich Pellegrin, assistant professor of music theory at the University of Florida, discusses the use...
Study: Supportive Texts Can Improve Students’ Mental Health
Students who receive a check-in text message from a friend or family member are less likely to experience loneliness or...
Minnesota Lifts Vaccine Mandate for Indoor Events
The University of Minnesota announced it is lifting a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for indoor events starting today, The Star Tribune...
The Empire of Time
Do you have the time? In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Dayton’s Miriamne Krummel examines the history of how...
How K-12 Book Bans Affect Higher Education
Some educators fear removing controversial books from the K-12 curriculum will harm student development and critical thinking—and rob them of the cultural capital colleges expect them to possess.