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How Testing Companies Deal With Accommodations
A new report from the Government Accountability Office found that in 2019–20, the most common accommodation granted by testing companies...
Imposing Penalties to Deter Rule Breakers: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Laura Doering, assistant professor of strategic management at the University of Toronto, explores why doling...
Univ. of Maine System Flouted Its Own Policies, Review Finds
An internal review found that the University of Maine system violated its own policies in a recent failed presidential search...
University Recovers $550,000 in Ransom From Hack
A Dutch university has recovered $550,000 it paid in a ransom for a 2019 hack of its networks that prevented...
Engineering’s ‘Hubris Problem’ in Development Projects
Development projects in foreign countries do not always go as planned. In today’s Academic Minute, Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Robert Krueger...
A ‘Strong’ Investment in California Higher Ed
California governor Gavin Newsom signed a massive 2023 budget that promises billions of new dollars to higher ed institutions and programs.
The Long Road to Reinstatement
A former lecturer in business at the University of Connecticut wins his lawsuit against the university—11 years after he initially filed. What does this mean for whistle-blowers in academe?
What Have We Learned About Online Learning?
Two experts discuss the digital divide (including for adjuncts), the importance of training and how to ensure online education is a force for equity, not a deterrent to it.