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$25 Million Defamation Lawsuit in Rankings Dispute
Former dean of Temple business school, which admitted the fabrication of data for rankings, says he has been made into a scapegoat and had his reputation tarnished unfairly. University vows to fight in court.
Brown Reflects on 50 Years of ‘Open’ Curriculum
Educators from the university and elsewhere consider whether innovation is still possible in liberal arts education.
Colliding Values at Doane
University library exhibit included photos of students from the 1920s in blackface. Now the library director is suspended -- and some of her faculty colleagues say Doane made the wrong call.
Washington State Plans to Restore Affirmative Action
Legislature repeals ban imposed by voters, but opponents of consideration of race in admissions are already mobilizing for a new vote.
Academic Minute: Data Set Analysis
Today in the Academic Minute, part of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Week, Peter Fox, professor and Tetherless World Constellation Chair, explains...
Yale Grants Race Program Permanent Status
Yale University’s ethnicity, race and migration program was granted permanent institutional status, Alicia Schmidt Camacho, chair, announced last week. Earlier...
Georgia Professor on Leave Over Allegations
The University of Georgia has banned William Kazez, professor of math, from campus as it investigates multiple allegations of sexual...
In Brazil, a Hostility to Academe
In the past 10 days, new president has proposed defunding philosophy and sociology departments and announced ideologically motivated cuts to federal university budgets.