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Interacting at the Intersection of Life and Religion
How do we discuss topics such as life and religion? In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Heidelberg’s Linda Sauer...
A Narrower Definition of Academic Freedom
In their new book, Michael Bérubé and Jennifer Ruth argue that the First Amendment is not crucial to academic freedom. Instead, they call on faculty to develop the rules.
GAO Takes Moderate Stance on Online Program Providers
Eagerly awaited U.S. review of companies that manage colleges’ online academic programs urges more Education Department scrutiny but doesn’t appear to significantly threaten revenue-sharing deals.
New Presidents or Provosts: Ferris State U, Houghton College, North Dakota State College of Science, San Francisco State U, Talladega College, Texas State U, U of Michigan, West Virginia State U
Valerie Sheares Ashby, dean of Trinity College of Arts & Sciences at Duke University, in North Carolina, has been selected...
More Student Workers Join Strike at Kenyon
Resident advisers started a strike in April after the college announced a change to their payment plan for the following year. Now other student workers are joining the effort to get Kenyon to recognize their union.
An Art Collection Finds Its Way Home
For more than half a century, Le Moyne College has housed a collection of Polish art that came to the U.S. for the 1939 World’s Fair. After decades of entreaties and negotiations, it’s finally being repatriated to be displayed in a new museum.
N.Y. Bars Transcript Withholding Over Student Bills
Colleges in New York State are now barred from withholding transcripts as a means of collecting student debt. Democratic governor...
UNC Journalism School Accreditation Downgraded
Just days after the formal downgrading of the accreditation of the journalism school at the University of North Carolina at...