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First Came the Stunt, Then the Suspension
Part performance, part protest, a professor’s video got him suspended from Ferris State University. He didn’t want to teach in person in the first place due to COVID-19, and he says he’s retiring. His union says the suspension is an attack on academic freedom.
Mills College and Alumnae Association End Legal Fight
Mills College and the Alumnae Association of Mills College have dropped their respective lawsuits against each other, the college announced...
Louisville Backs Off Punishing Online Teaching
The University of Louisville has backed away from a policy of saying it will punish professors who teach online rather...
Preventing Morphine Addiction and Curbing the Opioid Epidemic
The opioid epidemic has been overshadowed by the pandemic but is still ongoing. In today’s Academic Minute, Oliver Civelli of...
Sticking With In-Person Classes as COVID Spikes
Successful mitigation measures allow colleges to bring students back to campus, even as COVID-19 cases are taking off. Strategies vary by campus, with some efforts limited by governing boards.
Enrollment Marches Downward
Nearly one million fewer students have enrolled in higher education since the beginning of the pandemic. The losses have been felt across all types of institutions and in almost every state.
Academic Minute: Curtailing Morphine and Opioid Use
Today on the Academic Minute: Oliver Civelli, professor of neuropharmacology at the University of California, Irvine, determines a possible solution...
College Spends More on Marketing Than Financial Aid
The largest private college in Michigan is a nonprofit that spends more on marketing than on financial aid and graduates...