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COVID-19 and Mortality
COVID-19 has affected mortality in one sex more than the other, but why? In today's Academic Minute, a Student Spotlight...
‘MOOCs Failed, Short Courses Won’
Education-technology company Coursera launched a bid to become a publicly traded company last week, giving industry experts a glimpse at its financial inner workings. The company is losing money, but it might be finding a way to monetize MOOCs.
Rethinking Title IX
President Biden ordered the Education Department to re-examine former education secretary Betsy DeVos's controversial rule on campus sexual misconduct.
New Nonpartisan Faculty Group Will Promote and Defend Free Speech, Academic Freedom
Two hundred professors launched the nonpartisan Academic Freedom Alliance this week to advocate for free speech in academe and, in...
Time-Out for Google
Tech conference on fairness, transparency and accountability cancels Google as a sponsor over concerns about the company's fairness, transparency and accountability.
Cornel West Leaving Harvard -- Again
Cornel West will leave Harvard University, he announced on social media and in an interview with The Boycott Times.
Research Company Sees Little Risk in Changing 90-10 Rule
A change in the 90-10 rule in the coronavirus relief package heading through Congress likely will not affect many for-profit...
Only 32 Borrowers Have Ever Qualified for Income-Driven Repayment
For more than 25 years, student loan borrowers have had the option to base their monthly payments on their income...