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Colleges Confounded by Flood of Borrower-Defense Claims
The Education Department is working to clear a backlog in applications for debt relief through its borrower-defense program. Colleges aren’t sure how to respond to notifications of the claims.
Aromatherapy and Substance Use Disorder: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Marian Reven, clinical education assistant professor in the health sciences department at West Virginia University...
AI and Peer Review: Enemies or Allies?
Amid bans and restrictions on their use, artificial intelligence tools are creating interest among those who see a solution to systemic peer-review woes.
Middle East Fallout on Campuses: Vermont Speech, Dueling Open Letters
Fallout from the war between Israel and Hamas continues to reverberate across college and university campuses. Here are the latest...
Students From Minoritized Groups Less Confident of Peer Support After Sexual Assault
Students who belong to minoritized groups feel less confident than those from non-minoritized groups that they’d receive support from peers...
Workplace Climate Pushing Female Professors Out
A new study shows that concerns over workplace climate—not work-life balance—were most likely to push female professors out of academia.
Board Fight at Michigan State Draws Governor’s Attention
Governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan weighed in Monday on a dispute roiling Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees, in which...
Inequity in High Standardized Test Scores
Students whose families were in the top socioeconomic quintile of Americans were seven times likelier than those from the bottom...