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Students Physical & Mental Health

COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Are Almost Gone

Going into the 2021-2022 academic year, hundreds of U.S. colleges and universities mandated the COVID-19 vaccine for students, which had...
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Governance Executive Leadership

Popular Chancellor Is Ousted, and No One Is Saying Why

After 10 years as chancellor, Nancy Cantor of Rutgers-Newark will not have her contract renewed next year. Faculty and local leaders are angry.

Quick Takes

Mapping Synapses and the Future of Memory Treatments: Academic Minute

Today on the Academic Minute, part of USC Dornsife Week: Donald Arnold, professor of biological sciences and biomedical engineering at...
Quick Takes

Boston U Hires Outgoing Harvard Misinformation Researcher

Boston University announced Wednesday that it has hired Joan Donovan, the internet misinformation and disinformation researcher whose exit from Harvard...
Christina Cuevas, chair of the Name Exploration Subcommittee, stands and speaks while her fellow board members sit next to her in front of a crowd of people.
Institutions Community Colleges

Delayed Name Change at Cabrillo College

Board members paused plans to pick a new name for the college after the process sparked controversy. 

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Faculty Issues Shared Governance

‘Constitutional Crisis’ at Trinity?

A dispute at the Connecticut college over two deans’ behavior has administrators and professors at loggerheads regarding the limits of the faculty’s investigative authority.

A woman stands in a classroom talking to students on their laptops in front of a wall feature a circle with the six Life Design principles.
Student Success Life After College

Program Innovation: Students Consider Life Design Campuswide

An institutional focus on Life Design principles at Bowling Green State University encourages students to take charge of their life and embrace their ambitions. Two new centers provide staffing and programming for holistic student success.

Michael Schneider, president of McPherson College
Business Fundraising

A Tiny Kansas College’s Billion-Dollar Gift

McPherson College has joined several small liberal arts colleges in the country with large endowments. Observers say the gift is a “dramatic” example of fundraising success.