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The Peer-Review Crisis
The peer-review system, which relies on unpaid volunteers, has long been stressed. COVID-19 has made it worse. Possible solutions include paying reviewers or limiting revise-and-resubmits. Are these Band-Aids on structural problems?
Daniels to Retire at Purdue; Successor Already Named
Mitch Daniels announced his retirement from Purdue on Friday. The Board of Trustees announced on the same day they’d hired an internal candidate. The search did not include public input.
Congress Urged to Target Endowments Linked With China
A bill could encourage top-endowment universities to divest from Chinese entities contributing to human rights abuses or posing a national security risk.
Journal Editors Resign in Protest
The editors in chief of Child Development and Child Development Perspectives, respectively, have publicly resigned from their positions, citing concerns...
Whom Should an HBCU Recruit?
John Moseley, the new president of Lincoln University of Missouri, has upset the head of his national alumni association with...
What’s in Your Dietary Supplement? Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: C. Michael White, distinguished professor and chair of the school of pharmacy at the University...
The Week in Admissions News
Biden’s debt cancellation; free college; for-profits could be hurt; protests at Seattle Pacific.
Davis Cuts Commencement Short Amid Heat Wave
The University of California, Davis, cut short its commencement Friday due to a heat wave that hospitalized seven people who...