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How the Pandemic Shrank the Higher Ed Workforce
Colleges employed 4 percent fewer people in fall 2020 than they did pre-pandemic, U.S. data show. Community colleges, service workers and part-time employees suffered disproportionately.
MIT Press to Release Many Spring Titles Open Access
Under a new initiative from MIT Press, early purchasing commitments from a subset of libraries will make the spring 2022 slate of monographs and edited collections open access.
Penn Students Seek Online Finals
Students at the University of Pennsylvania are petitioning to have final exams switched to online because COVID-19. More than 500...
Students’ Perceptions of the Benefits of Homework
Homework has never been popular with most students. In today's Academic Minute, Rutgers University's Arnold Glass examines whether students benefit...
Purdue English’s Uncertain Future
How a dispute over pandemic-era funding for graduate education is putting the entire department’s future at risk.
‘Enough Is Enough’
Senator Elizabeth Warren has been one of the most vocal lawmakers when it comes to student loans and student debt. In an exclusive interview with Inside Higher Ed, she explains why.
NCAA Sanctions Auburn Men’s Basketball for 2017 Cash Payments
The Auburn University men’s basketball program has been formally sanctioned by the NCAA for violations of ethical conduct stemming from...
The Week in Admissions News
The final guilty plea; medical schools get more diverse; aid fraud; fewer new Ph.D.s; negotiated rule making.