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Rice Defends Affirmative Action While Supreme Court Cases Are Pending
Rice University issued a strong defense of its affirmative action efforts, even as the Supreme Court is preparing to decide...
Tenure Awarded… at Albion, Arkansas Tech, Pacific U
Albion College Marcella Cervantes, biology Zach Fischer, theater Joseph Ho, history Betty Okwako-Riekkola, education Arkansas Tech University Michael Bradley, agriculture...
Cal State Long Beach Students Protest Graduation Plans
Students at California State University, Long Beach, are protesting the lack of a graduation ceremony in which they will walk...
Sore Losers in Presidential History
Being a sore loser in a presidential race has historical precedent. In today’s Academic Minute, Lawrence University’s Jerald Podair explains...
Is For-Profit Higher Education on Its Last Legs?
Possible sale of the University of Phoenix to a public university raises existential questions about the for-profit sector and federal regulation of higher education. A panel of experts weighs them.
New Initiative Seeks to Provide Clearer Data on MSIs
Scholars launched a new database focused on minority-serving institutions to create more clarity among researchers, policy makers and others about how to classify and study them.
Creators of Good School Podcast: ‘They Look for Student Success After We Succeeded"
Students from the Community College of Baltimore County write, research and produce a podcast evaluating the measures of success within higher education and the foundations of a good college.
Study Field Not Key to New Academic Program Success
A report identifying the types of new academic programs that succeed found no clear pattern favoring science programs over those in the humanities.