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Academic Freedom or Academic Abuse?
Students say a film professor at Sonoma State hides behind faculty rights while violating their rights in the classroom. The details suggest the case is complicated.
Staying the Course
Pennsylvania lawmakers have continued to focus on reducing campus sexual assaults and funding initiatives throughout the state that support that goal, even as the national program on which those efforts were modeled has waned.
Do College Application Essays Favor the Wealthy?
New research says they correlate with family wealth -- even more than the SAT. What should colleges do?
The Week in Admissions News
Two-month sentence in admissions scandal; Elizabeth City repays student debt; Black enrollment drop in Illinois; studying while parenting; do graduates feel employable?
States and Systems Move Away From Testing in Admissions
Actions have been taken in California, Colorado, Illinois, Montana, New York, North Carolina and Washington State.
Biden Details Plans for Science and Humanities
President seeks large increases for NIH and NSF and a more modest increase for the NEH.
‘A Poisonous Atmosphere’
The faculty union at County College of Morris has called on the institution's president to resign after a series of faculty layoffs and continued tensions under his leadership.
Academic Minute: Cash Payments for Fighting Poverty
Today on the Academic Minute: Heath Henderson, assistant professor of economics at Drake University, discusses the limitations of one common...