Academics

Ten colleges will launch integrated majors, which combine two existing degrees into one, to see if they lead to increased diversity and skill sets suited to the 21st century.

Jim Grossman, exiting after 15 years as executive director of the American Historical Association, discusses his efforts to multiply historians’ routes to tenure, The 1619 Project’s impact on history debates and why policymakers need historians.

Many scholars say they’re not giving certain assignments and are being careful in what they say to students—and to one another.

A new study evaluates the barriers to student success for those who left college due to academic dismissal and what factors pushed them out of higher education.

Prospective students are increasingly skeptical that dropping out of the workforce for two years to earn the degree is worth it.

Administrators at IU Indianapolis created a facilitation guide to assist in conversations with faculty members about improving course completion rates. The guide will be implemented in several departments starting this term.

A new tool at Bucknell University helps the registrar’s office develop an exam timetable that both accommodates faculty and reduces inconvenient timing for students.