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Brandeis President Apologizes for Ad

Brandeis University president Ronald Liebowitz has apologized to the university’s Orthodox Jewish student group for a university ad that called...
A graph showing the annual number of Chinese-descent scientists who have left the U.S. for either China/Hong Kong or other countries. The numbers going to China steadily increased from 2010 to 2021, with an even faster increase since 2018.

Chinese Scientists Increasingly Leaving U.S.

A new study suggests the Department of Justice’s China Initiative investigations may have strengthened the foreign power by encouraging more scientists to relocate there.

Student Perceptions of ChatGPT: Academic Minute

Today on the Academic Minute: Thomas Mennella, associate professor of biology at Western New England University, explores how students feel...
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Opinion

Affirmative Action and the Myth of Merit

A more inclusive definition of merit provides an opportunity for higher ed to reinvent itself after the Supreme Court’s damaging decision, Demetria D. Frank, Darrell D. Jackson and Jamila Jefferson-Jones write.

The scene in front of the Supreme Court Oct. 31, when the court heard arguments in two cases challenging race-conscious admissions in higher education: a lone opponent of affirmative action, with protest signs, stands next to a group of mostly young people  rallying in support of affirmative action.
Opinion

Not a Win for Asian American Applicants

The Supreme Court decision on affirmative action won’t change deeper reasons Asian Americans are disadvantaged in elite college admissions, Leelila Strogov writes.

Newly Tenured… at Carleton, Denison, NYIT, Saint Augustine’s

The following colleges have made tenure announcements recently. Carleton College Catherine Licata, cinema and media studies Denison University Anthony Bonifonte...

San José State Anthropologist Against Reburying Bones Retires

The San José State University professor who drew criticism for opposing reburying Native American bones and for posing with a...
Lois Banner, an older white woman with short, light hair wearing a plum-colored sweater.

Racial Comment Inflames Berkshire Conference of Women Historians

A white woman reportedly said she wished she was Black because it would give her an easier career.