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Portland State Police Will Be Unarmed
Portland State University announced that its police force would be unarmed as of September, the Associated Press reported. Students have...
The First Commercial Space Firm -- in 1962
What was COMSAT? In today's Academic Minute, Robert Edgell of SUNY Polytechnic Institute goes back to the space race to...
Texas Gets 7th Public University System
Texas Woman's University plans to hire two additional presidents to lead the soon-to-be-independent institutions in Dallas and Houston.
Undemocratic Civics at Purdue?
Some professors say the university is pursuing a civics literacy requirement against the will of the faculty and in so doing giving students the wrong message.
Irish President Warns of ‘Market-Driven’ Universities
He says campuses “have suffered attrition of range and depth, loss of interdisciplinary exchange, leading in too many cases to a degradation of the very scholarship and teaching for which they were established.”
Who Can Fire a Professor?
A tenured professor in Hawaii is at risk of being terminated through a decision by the Legislature.
A Virtual Culture of Care
The Caring Campus Initiative launched as a national effort to coach community college faculty and staff members on how to better connect with students. The pandemic forced participating campuses to foster a sense of belonging for students online.
DOJ will Defend Title IX Exemption in LGBTQ+ Student Suit
The Department of Justice said in a court filing this week that it intends to “vigorously” defend an exemption to...