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Calm Before the Storm
The NSF’s new data on Ph.D.s earned in 2019 include some bright spots, including gains for underrepresented minority groups. But COVID-19 threatens to wreak havoc on soon-to-be and recent Ph.D.s for years to come, experts say.
A Bad Fit or a Hostile Culture?
A Black professor at Calvin University says colleagues discriminated against her in denying tenure. University says its processes produced “just results.”
Library Leaders Brace for Budget Cuts
Academic library survey reveals widespread budget cuts during the COVID-19 pandemic and concern about long-term financial recovery.
Academic Minute: Latin Alive!
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Cornell University Week, Dan Gallagher, professor of the practice in classics, makes the...
Report: $1 Billion Needed to Improve Hispanic Institutions
Hispanic-serving institutions received only $87 in federal funding per Latinx student in 2019, compared to $1,642 historically Black colleges and...
11th-Hour Policy and Politics
A new Department of Education hotline for reporting free speech violations on college campuses is under fire by higher education advocates who say it is unnecessary and lacks legal authority.
NIH Announces New Funding for Diverse Scholars
The National Institutes of Health on Tuesday announced that they will offer new support to institutions to recruit diverse cohorts...
New Presidents or Provosts: Contra Costa CC District, Desert Research Institute, Eastern Washington U, Georgia Inst of Technology, Mount Mercy U, Shawnee CC, Sierra Nevada U, U of Arkansas-Fayetteville, U of Louisiana-Monroe, U of Maryland-Baltimore
Kumud Acharya, interim president and research professor at the Desert Research Institute, in Nevada, has been appointed as president on...