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All Too Familiar Bias
Leaked Google memo, described as an “anti-diversity screed,” reminds many women in STEM fields of the challenges that remain not just in industry, but in academe.
Eliminating Undergraduates
Facing budget shortfalls and enrollment declines, Marygrove College in Detroit makes an uncommon decision.
High-Deductible Plans Rise in Higher Ed
Colleges and universities increasingly offered high-deductible health plans, health-care benefits for part-time employees and stand-alone vision plans in 2017, according...
DeVos Reflects on Her Comment on Black Colleges
In an interview with the Associated Press Wednesday, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos aimed for further conciliation with African-Americans alienated by...
New Presidents or Provosts: Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Dickinson College, Elmira College, Sage Colleges, St. Joseph's College (N.Y.), Sonoma State U, Southern Illinois U-Edwardsville, Stevenson U, Wright State U, York U
Christopher Ames, provost at Shepherd University, in West Virginia, has been selected as president at the Sage Colleges, in New...
Feds Agree to Loan Discharge for Some Students
A federal court judge Tuesday approved a settlement that could clear the federal student loan debt held by as many...
Athlete With a Past
Youngstown State defends decision to let student who was convicted of sexually assaulting a minor join football team, but says he won’t play in games this fall.
Returning to Interdisciplinary Roots
Humboldt University of Berlin was founded to train students to think beyond single fields. After shifting away from the model, it has recently started a series of programs to encourage it.