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What Does Pornography Tell Us? Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Kathleen Lubey, professor of English at St. John’s University, in New York, takes a historical...
Man Who Threatened UCLA Is Found Unfit for Trial
A former postdoc at the University of California, Los Angeles, who was charged last year with sending an 803-page manifesto...
DeSantis Proposes Limits on Higher Ed ‘Indoctrination’
Florida governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican, said Tuesday that he would ban diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the state’s...
Man Who Threatened UCLA Is Found Unfit for Trial
A former postdoc at the University of California, Los Angeles, who was charged last year with sending an 803-page manifesto...
Women, Witchcraft and Greek Myth
Differences can lead to fear and persecution. In today’s Academic Minute, Brandeis University’s Joel Christensen examines women’s stories from ancient...
Should Colleges Honor Disgraced Ex-Presidents?
Portraits, special ceremonies, emeritus status and massive payouts are just a few of the perks some ex-presidents receive—no matter what kind of upheaval they leave behind.
A Holocaust Remembrance Planning Committee, With No Jews
All the Jewish members of the planning committee for a Holocaust remembrance event at James Madison University resigned, and 24 Jewish staff, faculty and faculty emeriti said they were boycotting. The university held it anyway.
Designing Assignments in the ChatGPT Era
Some instructors seek to craft assignments that guide students in surpassing what AI can do. Others see that as a fool’s errand—one that lends too much agency to the software.