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RPI Accused of (Literally) Fencing Off Protests
Students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have been pushing, without success, for more control over their student union. The Foundation for...
Brazilian Politician Backs Out of Disputed Event at GW
Update: After the item below was published, organizers informed Inside Higher Ed that Jair Bolsonaro decided not to appear. An...
Historians Blame Lack of Support for Slow Technology Uptake
A survey of historians has found that their relatively slow adoption of new technologies has “as much to do with...
Academic Minute: Safety of Sexual Minorities
Today on the Academic Minute, Susan Dicklitch-Nelson, professor of government at Franklin and Marshall College, examines where tolerance for LGBTQ...
VA Drops Plan to Nix Ethics Rule
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on Wednesday dropped a controversial plan to suspend an ethics law that prevents its...
Sense of Place
Our physical environment affects us in many ways. In today's Academic Minute, Montana State University's Susan Gilbertz looks into how...
Sociology's ‘Mic Drop’ Moment
Social scientists clap back at U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts after he calls data on partisan gerrymandering “sociological gobbledygook.”
2 More Campus Speakers Shouted Down
Columbia students prevent British anti-Islam activist from talking via video. Michigan students block part of Charles Murray talk.