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Middle East Studies Scholars Approve BDS Resolution
The Middle East Studies Association said Wednesday that its members voted 768 to 167 to join the boycott, divestment and...
Howard Instructors Call Off Strike, Announce Contract Deal
Non-tenure-track faculty members at Howard University called off a planned three-day strike early Wednesday after securing a tentative first union...
Competing Antislavery Thought in the British Empire
Banning slavery doesn’t end all its vices. In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Oklahoma’s Lewis Eliot explores the history...
Law Students Shout Down Controversial Speakers
Students shouted down speakers at Yale and UC Hastings earlier this month, prompting questions about free speech, academic freedom and the employability of those who disrupted the events.
Shaping the Narrative
South Dakota passes an anti–critical race theory law affecting colleges and universities, while Wisconsin and Florida consider anti-CRT and curricular “transparency” bills.
A ‘Smooth Return to College’
LaGuardia Community College hopes to lure adult learners back to campus by giving them credits for skills learned outside higher ed.
Assessing Pandemic Learning
A new survey finds that labs, group work and class discussions were among the worst learning experiences of the pandemic. How will that change things for students going forward?
4 West Virginia Fraternities Make Trouble
West Virginia University suspended one fraternity for hazing and sanctioned three others after violations to the student conduct code, the...