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Ukrainian Students Enrich U.S. Campuses
Bard College is the latest U.S. institution to open its doors to displaced Ukrainian students. Both the refugees and their host campuses benefit from the arrangement.
Reed College Professor Quits Months After Racist Video
Paul Currie, a professor of psychology at Reed College, has resigned, effective Jan. 6, 2023. Students have been demanding Currie’s...
How DDT Exposure Contributes to Alzheimer’s Disease Risk
Your risk for Alzheimer’s goes beyond genetics. In today’s Academic Minute, Florida International University’s Jason Richardson discusses another area of...
Florida’s Failed Searches
A search for a president at Florida Gulf Coast University and a provost at the University of South Florida both failed recently. Critics see the failures as fallout from Florida’s thorny politics.
Debt Relief Heads to Supreme Court
The court will hear arguments in February on whether the Biden administration is legally able to forgive federal student loans. An injunction blocking the debt relief will remain in place.
Faculties So White
A new report underscores how faculty diversity and student success go “hand-in-hand” and asks, “Why are university faculties so white?”
DDT Exposure and Alzheimer’s Disease Risk: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Jason Richardson, professor and associate dean for research in the Robert Stempel College of Public...
Report on Those in Default on Student Loans
New America Foundation has released a report, “ In Default and Left Behind,” based on focus group interviews with 50...