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How the Farm Bill Can Address Historic Underfunding of HBCU Land-Grants
Historically Black land-grant universities have been underfunded for years, but advocates and administrators say Congress could use the farm bill to change that.
Water as a Weapon: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Florida International University Week: Shlomi Dinar, professor in the department of politics and...
WSJ Report Finds Sharp Spending Increase at Flagships
A Wall Street Journal analysis looking at two decades’ worth of financial documents found that spending at flagship institutions has...
How Grading Veered 'Off the Mark'
A new book by two education professors explores why assessment became so fraught and what we can do to restore its original purpose: helping students learn.
San Francisco to Clear City College Students' Debts
The city of San Francisco is clearing the debts of 13,000 people who could not take courses at the local...
Research Halted at Columbia-Linked NY Psychiatric Institute
The federal government halted human research at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, the Columbia University psychiatry department’s flagship site...
A ‘Really Serious Breakdown’ Between Spartanburg Leaders and Faculty
Some professors at the community college say administrators have replaced their Faculty Senate with a new representative body against their wishes, among other punitive actions.
Rethinking Responding to Student Writing
New book argues that students respond more effectively to peers’ writing than professors do and that they’re skilled at self-assessment, too. Still, professors can lay the groundwork for this feedback through scripts and other scaffolding.