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Growing Recognition of Juneteenth
Colleges are increasingly observing June 19, the day that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. Interest in the holiday has recently spiked in the wake of nationwide protests against police brutality and racism.
Academic Minute: Studying Fruit Flies to Understand Neurologic Disorders
Today on the Academic Minute, part of University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Week, Eugenia Olesnicky Killian, associate professor in the...
Months Later, Stimulus Grants Come for College Students in Fits and Starts
The U.S. Department of Education encouraged colleges to release emergency aid to students quickly after a federal stimulus package passed in late March. But confusion over student eligibility requirements and logistical oversights have stalled the process in many cases.
University of Mississippi Will Move Confederate Monument
The Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning approved the University of Mississippi’s request to relocate the...
‘Rhodes Must Fall’
Campaign to remove statues from Oxford and other universities renewed. So is campaign to decolonize the curriculum.
In Support of DACA
College presidents and higher education groups speak out to praise Supreme Court decision keeping DACA in place. Some now call on Congress to act.
DACA Lives
Supreme Court rules that the Trump administration's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was "arbitrary and capricious."
3-D Printing From Concrete to Rockets
Three-D printing still faces many hurdles. In today's Academic Minute, part of University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Week, Jenna McCollum...