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Politics and Parental COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
Politics can drive vaccine hesitancy, even for nurses and children. In today’s Academic Minute, South Dakota State University’s Filip Viskupič...
A Collision of Innovation and Interests
Adrian College has used the course-sharing platform Rize Education to launch new majors and increase enrollment. But Adrian’s president also co-founded Rize, and some observers think that creates a conflict of interest.
Age Matters
Community colleges gained dual-enrollment students but lost recent high school grads and adult learners at high rates, according to a recent analysis of federal enrollment data.
A $75M Gift for Minnesota’s University of St. Thomas
A $75 million donation to the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota will help fund the construction of a new...
Some Colleges Appeal Borrower-Defense Settlement
Three colleges are asking a federal judge to delay a settlement in a class action lawsuit against the U.S. Department...
Harvard Medical School Withdraws From ‘U.S. News’ Rankings
Dean writes that his decision is based “on the principled belief that rankings cannot meaningfully reflect the high aspirations for educational excellence.”
New Programs: Online Engagement, Public Health Informatics, Neuroscience, Business
Kansas State University is starting an online certificate in digital engagement. University of California, Irvine, is starting two new certificates...
University of Illinois at Chicago Faculty Members Strike
After a marathon Martin Luther King Jr. Day negotiation with the university fails, professors walk out for an indefinitely long strike. They and the university remain divided on pay and other issues.