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Northwestern Gets $121 Million Gift
Northwestern University announced a $121 million gift to advance biomedical research at the Feinberg School of Medicine and expand executive...
A New Dimension for Fingerprint Technology
Fingerprints have been used for identification for quite a while, but do they need an update? In today’s Academic Minute...
Despite Hopes for a Rebound, Enrollment Falls Again
The decline was less steep than it has been during the pandemic, but an eagerly anticipated recovery did not materialize.
Ph.D.s Conferred Drop 5.4%
Preliminary data from the NSF indicate that COVID-19 hit Ph.D. production hard in 2021, but job-placement data are surprisingly rosy—just not in academe.
Report Blasts Early Decision
A report by the group Education Reform Now blasts early-decision admissions programs—in which applicants commit to enroll if admitted—as providing...
Harvard Requires Students to Get New COVID-19 Booster
Harvard University announced that all students must be vaccinated with the new bivalent COVID-19 by January, Boston.com reported. Students with...
Supreme Court Asked to Block Debt-Relief Plan
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block President Biden’s student loan forgiveness...
How COVID Spurred Digital Innovation and Empathy
In the early pandemic, educators rallied to provide academic continuity in unprecedented ways. That spurred online teaching innovations, many of which are worth preserving and enhancing, a Stanford self-study says.