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Markets and Social Justice
Free markets cannot be counted on to erase social injustices. In today's Academic Minute, part of Scripps College Week, Nancy...
A Messy Debate on Academic Freedom
A University of Iowa dean apologizes to a student at a legislative hearing. But the matter is far from over.
A Spike in Cheating Since the Move to Remote?
New research finds jump in number of questions submitted to "homework help" website Chegg after start of pandemic, an increase the authors say is very likely linked to rise in cheating.
Academic Minute: Markets and Social Justice
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Scripps College Week: Nancy Neiman, the Mary Wig Johnson Professor of Teaching, explains...
Colleges Cancel Snow Days
The pandemic could spell fewer snow days as colleges use their recent remote learning experience to keep classes going online, even when winter weather hits.
Report Outlines Barriers to Education for Formerly Incarcerated in Calif.
Of the 650,000 Californians who are incarcerated, on parole or on probation, fewer than 20,000 are enrolled in some form...
Old Dominion Violated Disability Law, DOJ Finds
The United States Department of Justice and Old Dominion University settled a disability discrimination complaint brought by a graduate student...
Tenure Denials Reported at Southwest Baptist
The board of Southwest Baptist University, in Missouri, rejected three faculty members up for tenure and two up for promotion...