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Academic Minute: Social Legacies of Infrastructure Systems
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Carnegie Mellon University Week: Daniel Armanios, assistant professor in the department of engineering...
Education Department Clarifies Rules on Professional Judgment
The Department of Education has updated prior guidance to financial aid administrators about their authority to exercise “professional judgment” for...
Data Collection Comforts: Most Students Trust Their Colleges
Students don’t know a lot about what their colleges are doing with their data, and experts say institutions must help them think more critically about data privacy. Here’s how.
Growing Like a Weed
Higher ed institutions are increasingly launching courses and programs to train students for the cannabis industry and to demystify the science around the drug as more states legalize marijuana.
Ep. 53: College Students’ Expectations for the Fall
Students have offered mixed assessments of their learning experiences during the pandemic year. Many of them have complained about the...
Meditation and Mind Control
What if you could control something by just thinking? In today's Academic Minute, part of Carnegie Mellon University Week, Bin...
How They Filled Their Classes
Some private colleges, without great fame, had a great admissions year. They used a variety of strategies, but one common theme: They stayed open in 2020-21. Another is discount rates that stayed high.
Win for Academic Freedom in Nebraska
University of Nebraska system Board of Regents voted down a proposal to ban the "imposition" of critical race theory in the classroom. Students and faculty members wanted that outcome, but some worry about the damage that's already been done.