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UT San Antonio Pays $670K for Misreporting Crime Stats
The University of Texas at San Antonio has reached a $670,000 settlement with the Department of Education for underreporting crimes...
Diversity Officer Survey Shows Range of Pay, Budgets, Worries
The large majority of U.S. universities’ chief diversity officers—87.9 percent—have held their positions for five years or less, according to...
Students’ Insights on Orientation
Students tend to rate their orientation experiences highly, according to a new Student Voice survey. Yet data suggest modality matters in student satisfaction, and there’s a gap between what students want from orientation and what they’re getting out of it.
Mediating Human-Nature Relations: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Gettysburg College Week: Salma Monani, chair and professor of environmental studies, explores how...
Most Governing Boards Don’t Reflect Student Diversity
A new report in Washington Monthly shows a potential correlation between the diversity of college and university governing boards and graduation rates.
A Flagship Research University… Without Language Degrees or Math Ph.D.s?
Some of West Virginia University’s proposed program cuts appear unprecedented, or close to it, for an institution of its kind. Department appeals and student protests seem to be having little effect so far.
U.S. Discharges $72 Million in Loans for Ashford Students
The University of Arizona Global Campus, which acquired Ashford in 2020, might be on the hook for the discharged student loans.
Paddling in the Wake of the Vikings: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Gettysburg College Week: Christopher R. Fee, chair and professor of English, shows how...