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Penn State Professor Charged With Assaulting Student
W. Oliver Baker, an assistant professor of English and African American studies at Pennsylvania State University, faces misdemeanor charges --...
Ep. 55: Resetting, Not “Fixing,” Student Transfer
The set of programs, policies and pathways by which learners move between colleges and universities is complex and often incoherent...
Warping Effects of Social Media
The ills of social media are becoming more apparent by the day. In today's Academic Minute, Hokkaido University's Mark Miller...
‘You Can Come From the Working Class and Become the Very Best’
Freeman Hrabowski, the longtime president of UMBC, built a legacy challenging the assumption that only prestigious, wealthy colleges foster educational excellence.
An ‘Extremely Solvable’ Problem
Millions of college students face food insecurity, and while institutions have been doing what they can to help, it’s time for the federal government to step in, advocates say.
Oxford’s Vice Chancellor Seeks More ‘Ideological Diversity’
Universities are at risk of losing the argument over whether they are out of touch with society, she says.
Obstacles on the Path to Degrees
A new study argues that debt aversion and transportation problems pose major barriers to college completion for Latinx students.