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Your Brain on Virtual Reality
Virtual reality is here, but does it work for everyone? In today's Academic Minute, NYU Abu Dhabi's Bas Rokers examines...
Shared Governance, Then and Now
New survey data from the American Association of University Professors offer a snapshot of the faculty role in shared governance, now and through a historical lens.
The Delta Curveball
Some colleges are expanding vaccine requirements or reimposing mask mandates in response to spread of Delta variant and new CDC guidance. Other institutions are finding their authority to mandate mitigation measures limited.
The Time for a Fresh Start
Parts of the student loan program are in dire need of reform -- and now is the perfect time to do it, according to witnesses at a Senate subcommittee hearing.
Federal Funding for Regional Colleges?
A new report from the Brookings Institution calls for federal funding of “anchor institutions” to help sustain them and allow them to reinvest in communities where they are located.
New Presidents or Provosts: California State U-Fresno, Dominican U (Ill.), Grossmont College, Illinois State U, Massasoit CC, Modesto Junior College, Tabor College, U of Alaska-Anchorage
Santanu Bandyopadhyay, interim president of Modesto Junior College, in California, has been named to the job on a permanent basis...
Wharton M.B.A. Class Is More Than Half Female
For the first time ever, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has an M.B.A. class that is more...
Duke to Require Masks for All Buildings
Duke University will require face masks to be worn in all buildings -- except dormitories -- regardless of vaccination status...