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Opinion

How Accommodating Can (Should) I Be?

As colleges relax the rules to account for students’ real struggles, David Galef asks when accommodations may go too far.

Mark Sarvary stands next to two seated students working with test tubes in a lab course setting, smiling.

Busting Myths About Deadline Extensions 

A new study shows that students in large courses both prefer and reap benefits from a dual-deadline system, in which the instructor sets exact assignment deadlines but also allows for defined extensions without penalty.

Opinion

3 Questions for Stanford’s Carissa Little

A conversation with an associate dean of global and online education.

A sign that says welcome to the Peoples University for Palestine on a Columbia’s campus with tents

Protests Come for Prospective Students

The latest wave of college protests coincided with events for admitted students and a busy season for campus tours. Admissions offices are walking a thin line to avoid disruption.

Young adult students at a university lecture, back view

Academic Success Tip: Infusing AI into Curricular Offerings

Faculty members have created special courses and assignments around generative artificial intelligence to prepare students for their lives after college.

Assessing Problematic Digital Media Consumption: Academic Minute

Today on the Academic Minute, part of Binghamton University Week: Peter Gerhardstein, professor of psychology, examines a new way to...

Roman Catholic Colleges in Iowa Explore ‘Strategic Combination’

St. Ambrose and Mount Mercy Universities, two Roman Catholic institutions that lie about 80 miles apart from each other in...
A photo of student protesters dismantling an encampment at Brown University.

Universities Consider Divestment Demands

As pro-Palestinian protests continue across the U.S., some colleges have struck deals with students to consider divestment in exchange for packing up encampments.