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Tulane Postpones Discussion with 'Life of a Klansman' Author
Tulane University's School of Liberal Arts postponed a discussion on Aug. 6 with National Book Award winner Edward Ball, author of Life of a Klansman: A Family History in White Supremacy (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020).
The Week in Admissions News
Trump and student loans, tuition-free terms, liability waivers, FAFSA simplification, aid for undocumented students.
COVID-19 Roundup: When the Rubber Meets the Road
Howard, Mount Holyoke and Princeton go online while move-ins, classes and parties begin elsewhere. The Mid-American Conference postpones its fall season and Louisville dismisses three athletes.
An Unusual Book Club
Not all book clubs are alike. In today's Academic Minute, part of Loyola University Maryland Week, Jean Lee Cole examines...
Whose Music Theory?
A 20-minute plenary talk boils over into music theory's biggest imbroglio in years. Allegations of anti-Black bias and anti-Semitism fly.
COVID-19 Roundup: UNC Won't Budge on Reopening
Chapel Hill rebuffs recommendations from county health officials to at least delay bringing students back to campus. Syracuse suspends students who didn't social distance. Hopkins and UMass pull back on the fall.
Housing Developer Pressured Universities on Fall Plans
Company that builds and maintains student housing sent letters to public universities in at least two states in May as they weighed in-person fall classes, reminding them of hundreds of millions of debt.
Winthrop Investigating Incoming Professor's Posts
April Mustian, an incoming professor of special education at Winthrop University in South Carolina, is under review for social media...