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Florida to Develop Alternative to AP Courses
The Florida Legislature has agreed to spend a combined $2.8 million to develop a homegrown alternative to the AP courses...
How to Unlock Your Creativity: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Lily Zhu, assistant professor in the department of management, information systems and entrepreneurship at Washington...
U of New Haven Settles COVID Shutdown Suit
The University of New Haven reached a $2.3 million settlement in a class action breach-of-contract lawsuit filed by students alleging...
New Presidents or Provosts: New Jersey Institute of Tech, North Central College, U of Memphis, Ohio U, U of Richmond, U of Texas Rio Grande Valley, York College of Pennsylvania
Thomas Burns, provost of Belmont University, in Tennessee, has been selected as president of York College of Pennsylvania. Lori Stewart...
Ex-Harvard Researcher Receives No Jail Time
Charles Lieber, a prominent chemist convicted of hiding research ties to China, will not serve any more prison time, a...
North Dakota Quietly Enacts First Anti-DEI Law
North Dakota governor Doug Burgum signed into law on Monday a “specified concepts” bill banning educational institutions from asking students...
New College Board Denies Tenure for 5 Professors
In the latest maneuver to remake higher ed in the vision of Ron DeSantis, New College of Florida trustees voted to deny tenure to five applicants due to “extraordinary circumstances.”
Research Finds No Gender Bias in Academic Science
Reviewing decades of studies, researchers with “adversarial” perspectives conclude that tenure-track women and men in STEM receive comparable grant funding, journal acceptances and recommendation letters—and that women have an edge over men in hiring.