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Hampton President to Retire After 43 Years
Hampton University president William Harvey, 79, will retire in June 2022, the university announced Monday. Harvey has served as president...
Academic Medical Centers Celebrate Arrival of First Vaccines
As the COVID-19 vaccination campaign got underway in the U.S. Monday, academic medical centers were among those celebrating the arrival...
Bipartisan Group in Congress Seeks $20 Billion in Pandemic Aid for Colleges
It’s far less than the $120 billion in federal emergency coronavirus relief colleges and universities are hoping they’ll get, but...
Central Intercollegiate League Cancels Basketball Seasons
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the college basketball season, with the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association on Monday...
Collin College Accused of Abandoning Academic Freedom -- Again
Collin College is facing more criticism from professors, this time over a canceled panel on faculty burnout and supporting each...
Monuments
Debate over monuments in the U.S. is ongoing. In today's Academic Minute, part of University of West Georgia Week, Janet...
The Death and Life of an Admissions Algorithm
U of Texas at Austin has stopped using a machine-learning system to evaluate applicants for its Ph.D. in computer science. Critics say the system exacerbates existing inequality in the field.
State Grant Aid Keeps Rising
Total state grant aid increased by more than 3 percent during the 2018-19 academic year -- a smaller increase than the year prior, but an increase nonetheless.