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Texas A&M Weighs Sweeping Changes to Library
A plan to restructure Texas A&M’s 10 libraries would force librarians to relinquish tenure or move to another academic department to keep it. The university has yet to explain its rationale for the changes.
Controversial Anthropologist Loses Request for Injunction
A professor of physical anthropology at San José State University has lost her request for a temporary injunction against the...
More Money, More Accountability in California
California governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, proposed millions more for the state’s three public higher education systems Friday, but he...
Va. Governor Urges Hiring of Faculty With ‘Diverse’ Views
Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, told college presidents this week that he expects them to promote free speech on...
Does Evidence Shape Our Views?
How do people form their opinions on today’s issues? In today’s Academic Minute, part of Brown University Week, Steven Sloman...
Inflation Swells Tuition Prices
College tuition largely held steady during the pandemic. Now rampant inflation is pushing tuition costs up, with some institutions approving steep increases unseen since the recession of 2008.
Out of Time
Rutgers University graduate assistants whose research was impacted by COVID-19 say they need one more year of funding to finish. Rutgers says the well is drying up.
Does Evidence Shape Our Views? Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Brown University Week: Steven Sloman, professor of cognitive, linguistic and psychological sciences, explores...