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Orientation Programs for Helicopter Parents
Colleges are increasingly offering separate orientation programs for parents as means of assuaging their fears about their children being on their own.
Labor Department Proposes Exemption for Religious Entities
The U.S. Labor Department has proposed an exemption for religious educational institutions and other organizations to allow them to discriminate...
Academic Minute: Natural Disaster Relief
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Union College Week, Andrew Morris, associate professor of history, looks at one late...
International Students Report Worries About Gun Violence
A quarter of international students attending U.S. colleges report worrying about gun violence at their institution, while 37 percent say...
Lab Climate and Persistence in Undergraduate Research
If undergraduate research is a high-impact practice and experience, why do so many students drop out of their research labs...
Astronomers Return to Work in Hawaii as Protests Continue
Protests against the Thirty Meter Telescope planned for Hawaii’s Mauna Kea are ongoing, but demonstrators agreed to allow astronomers working...
Scripps Research Institute Mum on Biochemist's Departure
The Scripps Research Institute forced out Floyd Romesberg, a former professor of chemistry there, several sources reportedly told Science Insider...
Another Harvard Professor Addresses Jeffrey Epstein Ties
George Church, Robert Winthrop Professor of Genetics of Harvard University, apologized for repeatedly meeting with the late Jeffrey Epstein, even...