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Avenge Charcot!
Scott McLemee reviews Subconsciousness: Automatic Behavior and the Brain by Yves Agid.
Avoiding the Loan Forgiveness Debate
Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Under Secretary James Kvaal focus instead on actions the department is taking to ease borrowers’ loan burden.
New Programs: Professional Communication, Data Science, Business, Public Health
Grace College is offering a major in professional communication. Lake Superior State University is starting a B.S. in data science...
The Full-Time Faculty Factor
Professors from across New York’s public colleges say that all students, regardless of race or what campus they’re on, should have equal opportunities to study with full-time professors. Those chances are now concentrated on predominantly white campuses, one analysis suggests.
Major Publishers Sue Shopify, Alleging Copyright Violations
Five major textbook publishers band together in a lawsuit accusing e-commerce hub Shopify of enabling digital piracy.
A ‘Roadmap’ for Campus Speech
Task force report argues that free inquiry and inclusion are twin values, if campus groups all work to make them so.
Opinion
Creating a Compassionate Classroom
It’s the environment where students reap the most educational and social-emotional benefits, write Hannah L. Schacter, Shanique G. Brown, Ana M. Daugherty, Susanne Brummelte and Emily Grekin.
Standing By Researchers at Public Universities
Early in his career, administrators backed Donald Heller’s right to do politically sensitive scholarly work. He believes public university leaders must do the same for their faculty members now.