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University of Texas System Bets Big on Microcredentials

The system, with about 250,000 students, has teamed up with microcredential provider Coursera in its largest partnership yet, which will get students credentialed by tech giants including Meta, IBM and Google.

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Faculty Gender Pay Disparities Persist, Even at Vassar

Men have historically made more than women in academe—and for full professors, the gap has widened in recent years. The issue has spawned litigation at a Seven Sisters institution.

California Faculty Member Charged With Human Trafficking

A California community college faculty member and current or former coach faces nine charges, including pimping and human trafficking, the...
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Scaling Up: Enrichment Funding for High-Impact Learning

An endowed gift allows Centre College to offer additional scholarship funding for first-generation, low-income students to participate in study abroad, underpaid internships or other experiential learning opportunities.

Federalist Society Panel Mulls Legal Challenge to Biden’s Title IX Proposals

Could the Biden administration’s proposed regulations for Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 be subject to a strict...
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A New ‘Standard of Care’ for Calculus?

A study from Florida International University’s STEM Transformation Institute finds that using a new calculus curriculum rooted in active learning boosts student knowledge—and grades.

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Oberlin Coach Says She Was ‘Burned at the Stake’

Kim Russell, the former women’s lacrosse coach, was reassigned to a new position more than a year after commenting on transgender athletes participating in women’s sports.

First Amendment Violations in Anti-Drag Laws: Academic Minute

Today on the Academic Minute: Mark Satta, assistant professor of philosophy at Wayne State University, examines the First Amendment issues...