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Bipartisan Group in Congress Seeks $20 Billion in Pandemic Aid for Colleges
It’s far less than the $120 billion in federal emergency coronavirus relief colleges and universities are hoping they’ll get, but...
Academic Medical Centers Celebrate Arrival of First Vaccines
As the COVID-19 vaccination campaign got underway in the U.S. Monday, academic medical centers were among those celebrating the arrival...
Hampton President to Retire After 43 Years
Hampton University president William Harvey, 79, will retire in June 2022, the university announced Monday. Harvey has served as president...
Academic Minute: Male Veterans as Nurses
Today on the Academic Minute, part of University of West Georgia Week, Kelly Dyar, assistant professor of nursing, looks at...
Monuments
Debate over monuments in the U.S. is ongoing. In today's Academic Minute, part of University of West Georgia Week, Janet...
The Death and Life of an Admissions Algorithm
U of Texas at Austin has stopped using a machine-learning system to evaluate applicants for its Ph.D. in computer science. Critics say the system exacerbates existing inequality in the field.
State Grant Aid Keeps Rising
Total state grant aid increased by more than 3 percent during the 2018-19 academic year -- a smaller increase than the year prior, but an increase nonetheless.
Cuts, Cuts, Cuts
The College of Saint Rose, University of Evansville and Marquette University are seeing massive academic cuts. Officials point to ongoing demographic trends. Faculty grieve and fight back.