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What the Debt Ceiling Debate Means for Higher Ed
Congress must authorize the federal government to borrow more money by mid-October so that it can pay its bills, raising questions about federal spending as Democrats work to push through monumental higher education funding.
Codifying and Fortifying DACA
Proposed rule seeks to “preserve” the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and “fortify” it against legal challenges. Does it?
Taliban Ban Women From Kabul University in Afghanistan
The newly installed chancellor of Kabul University in Afghanistan announced Monday that women would be indefinitely banned from teaching at...
Middlebury Changes Name of Chapel Gifted by a Eugenicist
Middlebury College's chapel will no longer be known as Mead Memorial Chapel because its namesake, former Vermont governor John Mead...
Academic Minute: Motivating Teaching Excellence and Faculty Diversity
Today on the Academic Minute: Allison BrckaLorenz, associate research scientist at Indiana University Bloomington, explores her research on what contributes...
English Professors Study More Than Books
English professors don’t always have their noses in a book. In today's Academic Minute, Santa Clara University's Amy Lueck explains...
Do Algorithms Lead Admissions in the Wrong Direction?
Do they result in colleges filling their classes but not giving enough aid for a student to succeed?
Thinking About Thanksgiving
Some colleges are planning to shift instruction online after the Thanksgiving vacation, but far fewer are doing so than last year when COVID-19 vaccinations were not yet available.