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When Protests Obstruct Free Speech
Recent incidents at DePaul and UC Irvine raise the question of what obligations a college has to make sure that protesters -- while objecting to an event -- can't shut it down or block its ideas from being heard.
Determining a Student's Place
More community colleges are moving away from relying on placement exams alone to figure out whether incoming students need remediation, but establishing a substitute system can be tricky.
In Dispute in Germany, Students See Attack on Social Sciences
An open letter that calls for extending the contract of an expert on extremism and anti-Semitism at Germany’s University of...
Newly Tenured ... at Arkansas State, Bates, Michigan Tech, Mount Saint Mary's (California), Northwestern (Iowa), Wagner
The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges and universities: Arkansas State University Nicole Arnell, art Annette...
Petition Demands Ken Starr Remain Baylor's President
Nearly 1,500 people have signed a petition demanding that Kenneth Starr remain president of Baylor University. Facing pressure from the...
Outsourcing Experiment Meets Its End
University of Akron abandons its partnership with untested start-up company to provide "success coaches" after one year.
Academic Minute: Mentors That Matter
Today on the Academic Minute, Rebecca Lakin Gullan, associate professor of psychology at Gwynedd Mercy University, discusses the ways a...
Report on Federal Aid and Affordability
A new report from the Center for American Progress looks at how federal health care and housing benefits address affordability...