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Who Shall Teach?
In the midst of the pandemic and our nation's reckoning with racial injustice, it's more important than ever to determine how best to staff college classrooms, write David Figlio and Morton Schapiro.
Preprints Not Preferred
Academics prefer to read and cite final published versions of journal articles instead of prepublication works, publisher's survey finds.
New Programs: Social Justice, Talent Management, Creative Writing, Business, Intercultural Studies, Sports Management, Nursing, Oceanography
Albany Law School is starting a social justice concentration for students in the J.D. program. Clark University is starting a...
No More ‘Divisive Concepts’ in Iowa?
Trump's diversity training ban died at the federal level but is finding new life -- in Iowa.
Awareness of Open Educational Resources Grows, but Adoption Doesn't
As COVID-19 forced professors to embrace digital texts, they were likelier to know about -- but not to use -- free, openly licensed materials. Progress was greatest at colleges that promoted OER, especially minority-serving ones.
Ethics and Diversity Course on Hold
Boise State halts a diversity course for 1,300 students midsemester over a rumored video of a student being “humiliated” for being white. The university hasn't seen the video, but the course was already under scrutiny from state lawmakers.
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A Focus on Critical Feeling
More critical thinking alone isn’t an antidote to the manipulation of their emotions many Americans have experienced during the last several years, argues Michael S. Roth.
Big Deal for Open Access
University of California system secures a landmark open-access deal with publisher Elsevier. Some university librarians hail the agreement as a breakthrough, but others worry about possible long-term impacts.