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Depression and Video Games
Could video games help fight depression? In today's Academic Minute, Jorge Pena of the University of California, Davis, explores this...
DeVos Hints at Changes in Title IX Enforcement
Education secretary, after day of meetings on campus sex assaults, says that “many things are not working well.” Advocates fear she will loosen requirements of colleges.
Debating the Value of Full-Time Professors
The ABA wants to end a rule that assures law schools have the majority of courses taught by full-timers. While some say this would minimize costs, others see an erosion of quality.
‘Sweeping Actions’ in Turkey Are Condemned
The advocacy and scholars’ protection organization Scholars at Risk sent a letter to Turkish government officials Thursday and issued a...
More College Football Players Coming Out as Gay
Five current college football players have publicly identified themselves as gay, a record, according to the LGBTQ site OutSports. Scott...
U of Arkansas at Little Rock Considers Football
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will study whether it should field a football team. A National Collegiate Athletic...
Proliferating Partnerships
Interest is high in public-private partnerships, which are allowing universities to pursue new types of financing and projects. But speakers warn that they aren’t a magic bullet.
Israel Looks to Asia
Opening of Israeli university in China reflects closer ties in countries not interested in boycott movement.