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Threats and Temporary Closures
Many campuses periodically close buildings to investigate threats. Such closures are particularly challenging at the end of the academic year...
Academic Minute: Declining International Adoptions
Today on the Academic Minute, Mark Montgomery, professor of enterprise and leadership at Grinnell College, determines the reasons why international...
Some House GOP Urged Preservation of Public Service Loan Forgiveness
In a letter last month to Representative Virginia Foxx, the chair of the House education committee, 13 House Republicans urged...
The Duty to Prevent Suicide
Top court in Massachusetts rules that colleges and professors in some cases may be sued for failing to prevent students from killing themselves.
The Art and Science of Casting
There’s an art and a science to casting your favorite movie roles. In today's Academic Minute, Stony Brook University's Amy...
From Diversity Chief to College President
Changing demographics and demands for inclusion on campuses open a nontraditional path to the presidency. But two recent appointees have been subject to anonymous email campaigns.
The Admissions Tour That Went Horribly Wrong
Woman called police on two Native American brothers she believed were not really part of the group, but who were doing nothing wrong. To many, incident illustrates the hostility facing minority students in higher education, including admissions process.
Cliff Adelman, Analyst Extraordinaire
A smart, opinionated researcher and interpreter of the higher ed enterprise dies at the age of 75.