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New on the Job: Q&A With Viraj Patel, Director of Asian American Student Academic Program
The inaugural director shared about her work at the University of Illinois at Chicago, the role of the model minority myth in Asian American student success and her future goals.
In Massachusetts, a Push for Free Community College for All
The first year of a program offering free college for those over 25 was a rousing success at boosting enrollment. Now, some legislators want to expand the program to all ages.
Asians in the U.S—a Story: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Diego Javier Luis, assistant professor of Latin American history at Tufts University, examines the history...
Tenure Under Fire—Again—in North Dakota
Republican lawmakers and a university president pushed a bill last year that would diminish faculty job protections at two institutions. It failed by a hair, but the State Board of Higher Education has taken up the mantle.
AAUP Report Finds ‘Well-Funded’ Right-Wing Attacks on Higher Ed
More than 150 bills designed to “undermine academic freedom and university autonomy” were introduced in 35 state legislatures across the...
New College of Florida Threatens to Withhold Protesters’ Diplomas
New College of Florida president Richard Corcoran is threatening to withhold the degrees of students who protested at the college’s...
San José State Suspends SJP Faculty Adviser
San José State University has suspended a Justice Studies professor who’s also faculty adviser for the campus chapter of Students...
Northeastern Expands With Marymount Manhattan Merger
The Boston-based institution will absorb the small, liberal-arts college, adding a 14th campus to its global system and establishing its first site in New York City.