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President’s Departure Marks ‘Start of a New Day’
With embattled president James Mellichamp on the way out, Piedmont University hopes to move past a tumultuous semester of budget cuts, faculty layoffs and high-profile resignations.
New Presidents or Provosts: Bethany College (W.Va.), Haskell Indian Nations U, McPherson College, New Mexico Junior College, San Diego Mesa College, Tennessee Wesleyan U, Texas A&M U–Kingsville, U of Illinois–Springfield, U of Texas–Arlington
Francis Arpan, dean of academics at Sisseton Wahpeton College, in South Dakota, has been selected as vice president of academics...
What Americans Want in Dementia Treatment: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Dena S. Davis, professor in bioethics at Lehigh University, examines what treatment Americans would want...
New Rules on Title IX
The Biden administration’s proposal includes revisions to how colleges should address cases of sexual assault and extends protections to LGBTQ students. It does not cover athletics, which will be addressed in the future.
U.S. Agrees to Settle 200,000 Borrower-Defense Claims
The Education Department on Wednesday agreed to settle about 200,000 borrower-defense claims brought in a lawsuit against the department. The...
No Power Leads Stanford to Cancel Classes This Week
A fire led the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. transmission line to Stanford University to lose power, which could take...
Kyle Shea of AllCampus
This month’s episode of the Pulse podcast features Kyle Shea, executive vice president for partnership development at AllCampus, an online...
When the Diagnosis Is Not the Answer
How do we go beyond the diagnosis to help families cope with rare diseases? In today’s Academic Minute, Albert Einstein...