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Hip Hop Caucus Rallies to Cancel Student Loan Debt
More than a dozen organizations, from the NAACP to the National Black Justice Coalition, are rallying in front of the...
Merger Yields a New College and Student Supports
Boston College and Pine Manor College will create a new two-year college and an enrichment program focused on low-income and underrepresented middle and high school students.
Study Abroad Programs Resume After Pandemic Hiatus
Some students who lost out on studying abroad because of the pandemic are turning to alternative programs. Others are going abroad their senior year, a little later than intended.
Academic Minute: Conspiracy Theories
Today on the Academic Minute: Kenneth Luck, assistant professor of media arts at SUNY Sullivan, explores why conspiracy theories are...
U of Hawai‘i Extends Online Learning
The University of Hawai‘i has extended online learning another week, to Jan. 31, because of the spike in COVID-19 cases...
Are We Biased Against Government?
Trust in government is said to be at an all-time low. In today’s Academic Minute, American University’s Anna Amirkhanyan digs...
No Satisfaction on Student Ratings of Instruction
Students’ happiness with their grade, not instructional quality, is a major driver of the correlation between high grades and high student ratings of instruction, according to a new working paper. Interventions don’t quite work, either.
A Decades-Long ‘National Crisis,’ and A New Position
Compton College created a new position focused on the academic needs of Black and Latino men. Campus leaders believe they’re at the forefront of a new and long overdue trend.