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Faculty: ‘Gatekeepers’ of Student Mental Health?
Students are increasingly relying on professors for mental health assistance. The instructors are willing -- challenging long-standing perceptions that it’s “not part of the job” -- but they need and want more guidance on how to help, report says.
New Programs: Languages and Cultures, Supply Chain Management, Interior Design, Physician Assistant
Adelphi University is starting a B.A. in languages and cultures. Albertus Magnus College is starting a bachelor's degree in supply...
Opinion
Making Teamwork Work
As instructors, we shouldn’t assume students know how to work in teams, argues Steve Reifenberg, who offers some suggestions for how to help them do it better.
Opinion
Can We Rid Language Departments of the F-Word?
Languages do not lend themselves to precise categorization any more than national boundaries do, Roberto Rey Agudo argues.
Tenure Awarded… at Centralia, Denison, Merrimack, Virginia Wesleyan
Centralia College Kelly Erickson, English Bella Hafezi, counseling Laurie Pyne, adult basic education and horticulture Brian Rauscher, counseling Emily Sprafka...
What Employers Want
AAC&U survey of employers shows liberal arts skills are valued and sought out in the workplace but raises questions about student preparation.
Holding a College Budget Hostage Over Planned Parenthood
North Dakota lawmakers are seriously considering a bill that would punish institutions -- financially and otherwise -- for partnering with an abortion provider, even to administer a successful sex ed program that has nothing to do with abortion.
A Professor, a ‘Predator’
Florida State scrambles to explain how a faculty member who was known to prey on Asian female students was allowed to do so for 30 years.