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Outcry at UVA Over Controversial Board Member
The new board member at the University of Virginia is an appointee of the Republican governor and the latest example of the increasing political polarization of higher education in the state.
Back to Work, Not Back to Normal
Accused harasser John Comaroff’s first week back teaching at Harvard was met with a walkout, and other developments in the related lawsuit against the university.
Money Flows to Carnegie Mellon's Campus in Rwanda
A $275 million investment in the only U.S. university in Africa aims for a continentwide impact, but the campus’s ties to the Rwandan president have cast a pall over the news.
Ukrainian Students Costly for Slovakian Universities
A new wave of enrollment is expected this fall, even as the institutions face deep budget cuts.
An Alleged ‘Pretendian’ Professor Resigns
Emily Carr University in Vancouver, Canada, hired Gina Adams, an American artist, in 2019 as part of a national effort...
When Naming Legislation, Marketing Matters: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Angela Bradbery, Frank Karel Endowed Chair in Public Interest Communications at the University of Florida...
Princeton Ups What It Gives in Aid
Princeton University announced a major expansion of its financial aid program on Thursday. Under the expansion, most students who have...
PEN America Slams Missouri AG’s Request for J-School Emails
Missouri attorney general Eric Schmitt is misusing the state’s open records law to violate academic freedom and chill the speech...