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Present and Engaged While on Lockdown
When the pandemic prevented a College of Wooster professor from teaching at a local correctional facility as planned, she brought the incarcerated students to her campus classroom virtually by using robots instead.
Prepared (Mostly) for College
Survey of those who graduated from high school in 2021 and took the ACT finds students did prepare for college, but they had to do so in different ways.
Retaining Employees by Fostering Social Connections
Retaining employees is now a pivotal part of any business. In today’s Academic Minute, part of University of Montana Week...
‘Tarred Healing’
Was what happened to a scrapped photo exhibition on Black communities at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill about creative differences or censorship?
The Applications Keep Coming
The colleges that are most competitive in admissions see the biggest gains, but every type of college shows gains in new Common Application data. Large gains seen for underrepresented minority and first-generation students.
Return of $5 Million Gift Spurs Academic Freedom Debate
The University of Washington returned the money donated for the Israel studies program after the scholar who led the program signed a letter that criticized Israel.
Less Adderall, More Weed
Adderall, once a popular “study drug,” has seen a decline of misuse on college campuses since the pandemic. But experts are still worried—especially since consumption of marijuana and alcohol are up.
Another Texas Faculty Approves Academic Freedom Statement
Despite Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick’s threat to eliminate tenure in Texas over the University of Texas at Austin’s Faculty Council...