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Humanities Graduate Education Is Shrinking
A new report from the Humanities Indicators Project finds that master’s degrees in humanities fields peaked in 2012 and Ph.D.s three years later. There are no signs of a bounce back.
Betting on Pennsylvania Students
Pennsylvania’s governor is proposing a scholarship program for in-state college students for a third time. The stakes haven’t changed, but neither has the opposition from the horse-racing industry, whose revenues would partly fund the program.
Reopening After a Pandemic Lockdown: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Florida International University Week: Nasar U. Ahmed, associate professor of epidemiology, explores what...
Middlebury Student Charged With Hate Crime, Lying to Police
A Middlebury College student faces multiple charges after he reported to police that he had been “jumped” by a group...
Serving the Searching and the Secular
Union Theological Seminary leaders are expanding their social justice course offerings. They believe it will appeal to the growing number of nonreligious students enrolling.
Withholding Transcripts to Collect Student Debt: Key Podcast
The U.S. government is casting a skeptical eye on college policies that withhold academic transcripts and otherwise punish students because...
Ohio State Will No Longer Give iPads to All Students
Ohio State University is ending a program it started in 2017, amid much fanfare, to give every new student an...
Education Dept. Approves $238M in New Borrower-Defense Claims
The Department of Education announced Thursday that it will respond to “pervasive and widespread misconduct” by the Marinello Schools of...