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Colleges Confounded by Flood of Borrower-Defense Claims
The Education Department is working to clear a backlog in applications for debt relief through its borrower-defense program. Colleges aren’t sure how to respond to notifications of the claims.
Board Fight at Michigan State Draws Governor’s Attention
Governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan weighed in Monday on a dispute roiling Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees, in which...
Students From Minoritized Groups Less Confident of Peer Support After Sexual Assault
Students who belong to minoritized groups feel less confident than those from non-minoritized groups that they’d receive support from peers...
Aromatherapy and Substance Use Disorder: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Marian Reven, clinical education assistant professor in the health sciences department at West Virginia University...
Middle East Fallout on Campuses: Vermont Speech, Dueling Open Letters
Fallout from the war between Israel and Hamas continues to reverberate across college and university campuses. Here are the latest...
Funding Student Success: Investing in Experiential Learning
Kutztown University in Pennsylvania will receive $2.2 million over five years from the Department of Education to promote engagement and retention for underrepresented minority and low-income students.
Inequity in High Standardized Test Scores
Students whose families were in the top socioeconomic quintile of Americans were seven times likelier than those from the bottom...
Workplace Climate Pushing Female Professors Out
A new study shows that concerns over workplace climate—not work-life balance—were most likely to push female professors out of academia.