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Faculty: Repeated Threats Unheeded, Professor Murdered
University of Arizona professor Thomas Meixner was shot to death in October, allegedly by an ousted student. A new faculty report says multiple departments were repeatedly warned about the student, but university administrators failed to act effectively.
‘A Very Promising Sign’
For the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, first-year enrollment increased from the previous year—though it’s too soon to say if the trend will continue.
The Varieties of Spirituality: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Morgan Shipley, Foglio Endowed Chair of Spirituality and associate professor of religious studies at Michigan...
In Survey, Wisconsin Students Share Views on Free Speech
The University of Wisconsin System on Wednesday released a survey of its students’ views on free speech, and the results...
Berkeley Fires Women’s Swim Coach for Bullying and Bias
The University of California, Berkeley, fired Teri McKeever, its women’s swimming coach, on Tuesday, the Southern California News Group reported...
Hebrew College Will Admit Rabbinical Students in Interfaith Marriages
Hebrew College in Massachusetts announced that it will now admit students to its rabbinical programs even if they are in...
Johns Hopkins Grad Students Successfully Unionize
Johns Hopkins University Ph.D. students have overwhelmingly voted to unionize. Monday and Tuesday’s vote was 2,053 to 67. The union...
Pandemic Higher Ed Relief Funds Kept Students Enrolled and Institutions Open
A new report from the Education Department details how the billions in COVID-19 emergency relief aid helped millions of students remain enrolled in college. Students received $1,507, on average, in emergency aid.