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Does Sharing Their Trauma Help Students of Color?
Sharing traumatic stories can increase awareness and charitable giving, but does it always help those afflicted? In today’s Academic Minute...
Montclair State and Bloomfield College Merge
Bloomfield announced last fall that it needed a strategic partner to remain viable. Montclair State University stepped up, and now a formal merger process is underway.
Shoring Up Tenure, or Weakening It?
West Virginia University proposal outlines a process for removing even tenured professors for unsatisfactory performance. Some say the process weakens tenure—but some say it protects it.
Looking Back at ‘DIY U’ and Ahead, With Anya Kamenetz: Key Podcast
In 2010, a book called DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education envisioned a wholesale shift...
New Mexico Launches College Food Insecurity Study
The University of New Mexico and the New Mexico Higher Education Department are launching a statewide survey to evaluate the...
State-Awarded Financial Aid Declined Slightly in 2020–21
State-awarded student financial aid decreased negligibly in 2020–21 to $14.784 billion, down 0.1 percent from the $14.801 billion awarded in...
University of South Carolina Returns to ‘USC’ Moniker
The University of South Carolina is updating its logo to a more simplified design and reverting to an old abbreviation—USC...
Reckoning With the Past, Looking Toward the Future
Stanford University uncovered a history of the institution limiting Jewish student enrollments, and now the university is looking for ways to redress its past.