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Amherst Eliminates Legacy Admissions Preferences
Amherst College announced this morning that it is eliminating the preference it has granted in admissions to legacy applicants. Currently...
Social Support for Health of Chinese and Korean Immigrants
Immigrants can thrive with a strong support network. In today's Academic Minute, part of University of California, Irvine, Week, Brittany...
Reimagining the Scholarly Meeting
Ithaka S+R releases study on the annual conference in the pandemic era and announces new cohort to plan for meetings of the future.
Without Financial Help, Bloomfield College Risks Closure
In an interview, President Marcheta P. Evans discusses why the 153-year-old minority-serving private college needs a philanthropic partner. Experts say it’s a risky strategy -- but it just might work.
Student Killed in Plane Crash; U of North Dakota Halts Flights
The University of North Dakota’s aerospace school canceled all flight activities after a student pilot from Chicago died in an...
One Last Cut?
Tuition-free community college is presumed to be on the chopping block in President Biden’s Build Back Better Act, but there are still ways that lawmakers can lower the cost of the program without scrapping it completely.
New Programs: Interdisciplinary Studies, Mechanical Engineering, Nursing, Bilingual Journalism, Artificial Intelligence, Esports
Albertus Magnus College is starting a B.A./B.S. in interdisciplinary studies. Franciscan University of Steubenville is starting a B.S. in mechanical...
Survey: Professors and the Public Good
A new survey of Americans about the arts, by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, returned some interesting findings...