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DeVos Waters Down Disclosure Requirements of Gainful-Employment Rule
The Department of Education last week said it was further weakening disclosure requirements in the gainful-employment rule. Under the new...
New Bid to Overhaul College Admissions
High schools are adopting new, sophisticated assessments. Educators see in these projects a way to change college admissions as well, yielding more diverse classes.
What Government Shutdown Means for Higher Ed
Student aid won't face immediate impact, but civil rights investigations are likely to halt. Research agencies are unlikely to review and act on grant proposals.
Academic Minute: Mind's Eye Blink
Today on the Academic Minute, Alex Maier, assistant professor of psychology at Vanderbilt University, explores whether our mind’s eye blinks...
CFO Gender and Decision Making
Female CFOs can be more risk averse. In today's Academic Minute, part of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute week on the Academic...
Title IX Failures
Buffalo State failed to investigate an alleged sexual assault or respond to a female athlete’s requests, the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights found. The conclusions reconfirm college's obligations to investigate off-campus incidents, the department's former civil rights chief says.
Gender Bias, by the Numbers
New study says economics textbooks underrepresent women in both real-life and imagined examples -- and that fixing that could help attract more women to the field.
Lever Press Sets Gears in Motion
Despite slow start, open-access digital scholarship publisher expects to publish first works this year.