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Supreme Court Allows Travel Ban to Go Into Effect
The Supreme Court on Monday issued an order permitting the third iteration of the Trump administration’s travel ban to go...
Academic Minute: Students' Speech Rights
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Whitworth University Week, Erica Salkin, associate professor of communication studies at Whitworth, explores...
Bus Company Ad Attacks Chinese Students
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is criticizing a bus company ad and an apology for the ad for attacking...
Peace Literature
Artists of the future can look to the past to explore how to speak out against war. In today's Academic...
Higher Ed Reauthorization on Campus Sexual Assaults
Republican proposal would allow colleges to delay campus assault proceedings at law enforcement request, amend reporting requirements.
GOP Seeks to Shift Accountability for Colleges
While for-profits get the relief they’ve long clamored for, the GOP’s proposed overhaul of the Higher Education Act would add performance-funding standards for most colleges.
Senate Passes Tax Bill With Major Implications for Higher Ed
Legislation would tax largest private college endowments, create new cost burdens for business unrelated to educational mission and could put new strains on state budgets that fund public universities.
Brigham Young Gave a Point to Male Applicants
Leaked documents show an advantage for men over women, using a numerical formula. University says it has shifted to holistic admissions.