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University of Hawai‘i is considering major changes to its tenure system, including limiting tenure to instructional faculty only, tying hires and tenure to enrollment and unit “success,” and involving the administration in posttenure review.
Financial Aid Offices Face Staffing Shortages
The shortage of financial aid employees is especially worrisome given that the Department of Education is now planning to beef up its enforcement of federal student aid program rules.
Wraparound Supports Improve Community College Outcomes
Providing community college students with comprehensive supports increases their chances of earning an associate degree within three years, according to...
Study: Women Request Fewer Deadline Extensions Than Men
A new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds that in academic and professional settings, women are...
Academic Minute: The Vulnerability of Online Engagement
Today on the Academic Minute: Filippo Menczer, professor of informatics and computer science at Indiana University, examines how people can...
Tuskegee University Marching Band on Strike
The marching band at Tuskegee University in Alabama is on strike and has not performed at a football game for...
Yale Acknowledges Its Role in Slavery
Yale University last week acknowledged that enslaved people contributed to its construction and that slavery was not taken seriously by all people at the university.
Global Universities Announce Carbon Neutrality Alliance
Southeast University and the University of Birmingham jointly inaugurated the World Alliance of Universities on Carbon Neutrality last week, Yahoo...