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Evaluating Teaching During the Pandemic
Some colleges are changing how they collect and consider student ratings of instructors, citing the COVID-19-driven move online. Might that undermine a widely criticized (and used) tool?
Dorm Evictions for the Public Good
Colleges are clearing out student dorms to make room for patients and health-care workers as the coronavirus pandemic overwhelms hospitals. The process has not gone smoothly for students.
Professor Pay Is Flat -- Again
Academic work is harder than ever, but professor pay was static year over year and probably won't be improving any time soon, according to the AAUP's annual salary report. Usual suspects offer biggest salaries.
Coronavirus News Roundup for April 8
Everything you need to know for Wednesday about higher ed and the coronavirus in one easy-to-read package (with some distractions to help your sanity).
Academic Minute: Stalagmites, Monsoons and Climate Change
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Cornell College Week, Rhawn Denniston, professor of geology, discusses how Earth’s history is...
New Programs: Public Health, Sustainable Energy, Law, Accounting, Organizational Leadership
Georgetown University is starting a master of law and technology program. Hood College is starting a bachelor's degree in public...
Research Institutions Ask for $26 Billion
Three national associations representing colleges and universities urged Congress on Tuesday to appropriate $26 billion in emergency funding for research...
Call for Lottery-Style College Admissions
Many colleges and universities have gone test optional in college admissions amid the coronavirus crisis, which also is wreaking havoc...