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Study: Some Colleges Might ‘Sink’ Without Federal Funds
A new study released by S&P Global found that some institutions benefited more than others from one-time emergency funding from...
6 Years in Prison for Ex-President of Franklin College
Thomas Minar, the ex-president of Franklin College, in Indiana, received a sentence of six years in prison and six years...
Carnegie Mellon Offers Inflation Relief to Employees
Carnegie Mellon University announced Tuesday that it is offering eligible employees a one-time $1,500 payment to help combat rising inflation...
Declining Respect for Human Rights: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Stephen Bagwell, assistant professor of political science at the University of Missouri at St. Louis...
Penn State Won’t Fire Professor Involved in Vaccine Tussle
Pennsylvania State University will not fire a professor who scuffled with a student counterprotester at a COVID-19 vaccine rally on...
6 Years in Prison for Ex-President of Franklin College
Thomas Minar, the ex-president of Franklin College, in Indiana, received a sentence of six years in prison and six years...
A Sulfurous End for the Dinosaurs
Why did the asteroid that heralded the end of the dinosaurs have such a profound impact? In today’s Academic Minute...
‘Beyond Rhetoric’ on Diversity
UMass-Boston aspires to be an antiracist institution. Some faculty members disagree with this, saying it’s limiting for a university. Others raise major concerns about the institution’s ongoing treatment of its Africana studies faculty.