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Spiritual Crusading
Supporting the Crusades didn’t just happen on the front lines. In today's Academic Minute, Eastern New Mexico University's Richard Allington...
Cautious Interest in College Among Working Adults
Working adults increasingly are interested in pursuing postsecondary education, but they are also less confident about the value of college.
Outbreak Stresses Town-Gown Relations in Wisconsin
Rising infection counts drove a shelter-in-place order at the University of Wisconsin at Madison shortly after classes started, prompting questions about bringing students back to campus.
Big Ten Reverses Course
The Big Ten, a big-time college football conference, reversed its decision to postpone fall sports and will resume football on Oct. 23, citing changed medical evidence and improved testing protocols.
Professor Investigated for Participating in Scholar Strike
James Thomas, associate professor of sociology at the University of Mississippi, withheld his labor for two days as part of...
Dutch Education Minister Wants Academics to Have Weekends
She says academics lack the downtime that they need and wants to shift the way universities are supported.
New Presidents or Provosts: Concordia U Chicago, Drew U, Ferris State U, Highland CC, Ohio Wesleyan U, Portland State U, San Diego Miramar College, U of North Carolina School of the Arts, Walla Walla CC
Erik Ankerberg, associate vice president for academics and professor of English at Concordia University Chicago, in Illinois, has been promoted...
COVID-19 Roundup: Quarantines of All Types
Several universities impose campuswide stay-in-place orders, some of which are just "recommended," while other colleges limit movement of groups of students on campus and off.