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Academic Minute: Health Risks of Skin Lightening
Today on the Academic Minute: Rokeshia Renné Ashley, visiting assistant professor in the department of communication at Florida International University...
House Passes Dream Act
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 229 to 197 Thursday in favor of the American Dream and Promise Act of...
Science and Communication
There are many challenges in breaking down science for consumption. In today's Academic Minute, Laura Guertin of Pennsylvania State University...
No More ‘Divisive Concepts’ in Iowa?
Trump's diversity training ban died at the federal level but is finding new life -- in Iowa.
Oregon State President on Probation
F. King Alexander will be on probation through June after a report detailed mishandling of sexual assault allegations at LSU, where he was president from 2013 to 2019.
Awareness of Open Educational Resources Grows, but Adoption Doesn't
As COVID-19 forced professors to embrace digital texts, they were likelier to know about -- but not to use -- free, openly licensed materials. Progress was greatest at colleges that promoted OER, especially minority-serving ones.
Ethics and Diversity Course on Hold
Boise State halts a diversity course for 1,300 students midsemester over a rumored video of a student being “humiliated” for being white. The university hasn't seen the video, but the course was already under scrutiny from state lawmakers.
Midwest Accreditor to Explore Differences by Sector
The largest regionally based accrediting association announced a program Wednesday that will explore ways in which its assessment of colleges...