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Professor Who Said N-Word Twice Reinstated
Paul Zwier, a professor of law at Emory University who was suspended twice in 2018 for using the N-word in front of students in discussing a 1967 legal case, and then again when discussing students' objections to it, will be reinstated.
Statins
Can statins be dangerous for you? In today's Academic Minute, part of Albert Einstein College of Medicine Week, Jill Crandall...
Sensory Integration Therapy
Applied behavioral analysis might not be the only way to treat autism. In today's Academic Minute, part of Albert Einstein...
GOP-Led Senate Joins House in Rebuking DeVos on Loan Forgiveness
Ten Senate Republicans joined Democrats in backing a resolution opposing Education Secretary Betsy DeVos's borrower-defense rule, following a similar measure passed by the House.
Go Home? For Some Students It's Not Easy
Student advocates say coronavirus-related directives to move off campus threaten to reinforce existing inequalities and put disproportionate burdens on low-income and international students, among others.
The Campus Closure Divide
A growing number of colleges and universities close or cancel in-person classes while others keep running as usual. Why are institutions responding differently?
Risky Research
An assistant professor says he was fired because he dared to talk about human population variation and got slandered as a eugenicist.
What Qualifies as Harassment?
A federal appeals court says universities must do everything in their power to stop further harassment of students who report it, and defines what behaviors qualify.