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DeVos to Replace Obama-Era Sexual Assault Guidelines
Education secretary says department will replace “failed” guidance on campus sexual assault, praised by many survivors’ advocates, with temporary compliance “information” before soliciting comment and issuing new regulations.
Campus Free Speech: The Books
After a year of constant debate and considerable divisiveness, three texts seek to make the discussion more productive.
The Accreditation Race
Arkansas’s new public online university chooses national accreditor over its regional agency, raising questions about pace, prestige and the state of quality assurance.
Not on the Payroll, but Still on Campus
Unorthodox lecturer Alexander Coward, once caught between students who praised him and a math department that didn’t, still employs his teaching skills at UC Berkeley -- even if it’s on an unofficial basis.
Academic Minute: Labor Unions
Today on the Academic Minute: David Zonderman, professor of history at North Carolina State University, discusses how labor unions came...
Senate Panel Backs Increases for Pell Grants, NIH
The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee approved a 2018 spending bill Thursday that would significantly increase discretionary funds for the Pell...
Buffalo Administrators Plead Guilty to Larceny
Two former administrators pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing large sums of money from the University at Buffalo, with a longtime...
Anger at Hungarian University Over Honor for Putin
Several academic departments at the University of Debrecen, in Hungary, are protesting the decision to grant "honorary citizenship" in the...