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Driven to Distraction
Scott McLemee reviews Jamie Kreiner’s The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction.
A Better Battery for Electric Cars: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Huolin Xin, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Irvine, examines how...
Enrollment Remains Top Risk Cited by Colleges
Enrollment remains the biggest risk cited by colleges and universities for the fourth year in a row, according to the...
DeSantis Asks Colleges How Much They Spend on Diversity
Florida governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican, has asked Florida’s public colleges to report on the costs associated with diversity, equity...
Racial Inequality, Age and COVID-19 Mortality
Certain groups bear more of the brunt from disaster and epidemics. In today’s Academic Minute, American University’s Lallen Johnson explains...
Battling the Fallout of a Racist Comment
Purdue Northwest faculty members want Chancellor Thomas L. Keon to step down after a racist remark. Keon is clinging to his job despite a reprimand from the Board of Trustees.
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Equal Benefits for Postdocs
Postdocs on federal fellowships should receive equal benefits as peers, write Mallory R. Smith and Thomas P. Kimbis.
War Upends Plans for Kyiv Campus
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine stymied plans to open an American university in the capital. After moving online the first year, the institution is charting a path through the chaos.