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A Fast-Track Associate Degree
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation launched a new grant program to scale already-successful initiatives across the U.S. that help high school graduates attain postsecondary degrees quickly.
New Programs: Public Relations, Chinese, Human Rights, Computer Science, Nursing
Baylor University is starting an M.A. in journalism with a focus on advertising and public relations. Centre College is starting...
Summer Reading Starts Now
Racial inequity is one of the most common themes in the books that first-year students are required (or recommended) to read before they show up on campus.
Chancellor Cancels Investiture Over Speaker
Carlos O. Cortez, chancellor of the San Diego Community College District, called off his investiture because of a controversy over...
Improving Weather Operations
Predicting the weather remains tricky. In today’s Academic Minute, part of University at Albany Week, Jerry Brotzge explores how to...
Princeton Fires Professor for Misconduct
University fires Joshua Katz for misconduct and seems to refute the now-former professor’s prior statements that he’s being punished for his political views.
‘Retract or Attack?’
Two white Africanists publish an article on centering the scholar’s personal experience to help “decolonize” African studies. A call for retraction follows.
Fighting Over Money
The University of Alaska system claims negotiations on a collective bargaining agreement have hit an impasse. Faculty argue that negotiations are ongoing and UA may be violating state law.