Filter & Sort
Fruit Flies and Obesity
Newborn fruit flies might not be that different from human babies. In today's Academic Minute, the University of Toronto's Marla...
Fine Print and Tough Questions for the Purdue-Kaplan Deal
University’s boundary-testing deal poses a test for its accreditor and could set new precedents about online education and the role of public universities.
Opinion
Who Defines What Is Racist?
Students demand firing of Evergreen State professor. Police chief urges him to stay off campus for his safety. Supporters say he’s the one upholding principles of equity.
Analyzing Black Lives Matter Without Black People Involved
Political philosophy journal, subject of two scathing open letters, apologizes for lack of black authors.
Southern New Hampshire Cuts to Grow
The university lays off dozens of remote, part-time staffers (with plans to hire full-timers) as part of a reorganization process ahead of projected enrollment growth for its competency-based division.
Storm Over Sexual Orientation
Though a new pro-LGBTQ group on Samford University’s campus has been approved by both students and faculty, it has roiled Alabama Baptists.
Moving Student Loans to Treasury Gets Little Traction
The Trump administration has held internal discussions about relocating some functions of the Department of Education to other federal agencies...
Academic Minute: Fruit Flies and Obesity
Today in the Academic Minute, Marla Sokolowski, professor in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of...