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Kansas to Pay Les Miles $2 Million
The University of Kansas will pay its former head football coach, Les Miles, nearly $2 million after the two sides...
How to Count Philanthropy
A new set of fundraising reporting standards aims to help colleges and universities compare their performance across borders. It also prioritizes ethical considerations at a time when donor and institutional conduct are under the microscope.
Higher Education's New Digital Divide: The Key Podcast
This week's episode of the Key podcast explores how COVID-19 revealed the continuing and changing digital divide for students in...
Debt Strategies Help Colleges Navigate Pandemic but Carry Risk
Colleges and universities are using several notable strategies to manage their debt and liquidity amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but they...
Cautious Optimism About Teaching STEM Online
The shift to remote learning forced STEM instructors to increasingly accept online education. But concerns about how to give students meaningful lab experiences remain.
Wastewater and COVID-19
Tracking a disease is not pretty. In today's Academic Minute, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte's Neha Mittal discusses...
‘Ethics and Best Practice’
As the pandemic sapped dormitory projects of their financial reserves, a contractor told the University System of Georgia it had a "win-win" financial proposal, according to newly available documents. The system said no, and soon, the contractor allegedly said it would not be cleaning enough to meet state public health recommendations.
COVID-19: A Moment for Women in STEM?
National Academy of Sciences panel chronicles what COVID-19 has been like for female scientists and then urges institutions to take meaningful, equity-minded action on their findings.