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COVID-19: A Moment for Women in STEM?

National Academy of Sciences panel chronicles what COVID-19 has been like for female scientists and then urges institutions to take meaningful, equity-minded action on their findings.
Opinion

The Student Connection Challenge

As both a professor and a vice provost, Claudia Lampman reflects on students’ comfort levels in approaching faculty compared to administrators and on the need to build meaningful interactions.

Committee: ‘Eyes of Texas’ Not Racist

University of Texas at Austin report finds its alma mater wasn't originally intended to be racist despite describing "a painful reality of the song’s origin." Observers doubt the findings will keep students from feeling excluded.

Rethinking Title IX

President Biden ordered the Education Department to re-examine former education secretary Betsy DeVos's controversial rule on campus sexual misconduct.

$40 Billion for Colleges

Senate passes COVID-19 relief bill. Measure would also tighten up the 90-10 rule on for-profit colleges.

‘Shooting Yourself in the Foot’

Citing budget issues, John Carroll University fundamentally alters tenure -- to the point that professors say it and academic freedom no longer exist.

‘Proof of Concept’

Some students with disabilities asked for recorded lectures before the pandemic. With universities eyeing reopening, will they take that flexibility away?

Students Disengage From Controversy

Many students were hesitant to discuss controversial topics in the classroom and felt their campuses' climate did not allow for open discourse during the fall 2020 semester, according to a new report.