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How the Pandemic Shrank the Higher Ed Workforce
Colleges employed 4 percent fewer people in fall 2020 than they did pre-pandemic, U.S. data show. Community colleges, service workers and part-time employees suffered disproportionately.
Michigan State Announces $1.5K Pandemic Bonus for Faculty
Michigan State University is giving full- and part-time professors, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate assistants $1,500 bonuses in recognition of their...
Penn Students Seek Online Finals
Students at the University of Pennsylvania are petitioning to have final exams switched to online because COVID-19. More than 500...
Students’ Perceptions of the Benefits of Homework
Homework has never been popular with most students. In today's Academic Minute, Rutgers University's Arnold Glass examines whether students benefit...
‘Enough Is Enough’
Senator Elizabeth Warren has been one of the most vocal lawmakers when it comes to student loans and student debt. In an exclusive interview with Inside Higher Ed, she explains why.
Purdue English’s Uncertain Future
How a dispute over pandemic-era funding for graduate education is putting the entire department’s future at risk.
Alumni Groups Support Undocumented Graduates
An undocumented graduate of UCLA created an alumni association to help undocumented alumni navigate the challenges of life after college. Now other institutions are following suit.
The Week in Admissions News
The final guilty plea; medical schools get more diverse; aid fraud; fewer new Ph.D.s; negotiated rule making.