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Vanessa Beasley, vice provost for academic affairs, dean of residential faculty and associate professor of communication studies at Vanderbilt University...
Contingency v. Orthodoxy
Academic freedom is threatened both by the growing use of contingent faculty contracts and the inclusion of diversity, equity and inclusion standards for tenure, Steven McGuire writes.
Chile Will Vote on Free Tuition
Many details of the proposal are unclear. The plan has support from students and the left, but conservatives aren’t expected to back the plan.
How Testing Companies Deal With Accommodations
A new report from the Government Accountability Office found that in 2019–20, the most common accommodation granted by testing companies...
Imposing Penalties to Deter Rule Breakers: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Laura Doering, assistant professor of strategic management at the University of Toronto, explores why doling...
University Recovers $550,000 in Ransom From Hack
A Dutch university has recovered $550,000 it paid in a ransom for a 2019 hack of its networks that prevented...
Engineering’s ‘Hubris Problem’ in Development Projects
Development projects in foreign countries do not always go as planned. In today’s Academic Minute, Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Robert Krueger...
A ‘Strong’ Investment in California Higher Ed
California governor Gavin Newsom signed a massive 2023 budget that promises billions of new dollars to higher ed institutions and programs.