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Money Flows to Carnegie Mellon's Campus in Rwanda
A $275 million investment in the only U.S. university in Africa aims for a continentwide impact, but the campus’s ties to the Rwandan president have cast a pall over the news.
New Presidents or Provosts: Chippewa Valley Technical College, Lamar Institute of Technology, U of Hull, U of Pittsburgh–Bradford/Titusville, Vanguard U
Rick Esch, interim president of the Bradford and Titusville campuses of the University of Pittsburgh, has been named president of...
Ukrainian Students Costly for Slovakian Universities
A new wave of enrollment is expected this fall, even as the institutions face deep budget cuts.
$100K Scholarship Could Become Issue in Mayoral Race
A scholarship worth nearly $100,000 could become an issue in the Los Angeles mayoral race, the Los Angeles Times reported...
What Do We Mean by ‘Banana Republic’?
The United States has been called a lot of things lately on social media and elsewhere. In today’s Academic Minute...
Water Woes in Jackson
The latest water crisis in Jackson, Miss., is nearly over, but area colleges and universities are calling for long-term fixes.
COVID Goes Back to School
As students return to campus, colleges are reporting record-high numbers of COVID cases—but don’t expect a revival of heightened safety measures.
Faculty Strike at Eastern Michigan
Professors say the university’s health care cost-sharing proposal, which would dramatically increase their premiums, forced their hand. Eastern Michigan files for an injunction to force faculty members back to work.