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Reed College Professor Quits Months After Racist Video
Paul Currie, a professor of psychology at Reed College, has resigned, effective Jan. 6, 2023. Students have been demanding Currie’s...
How DDT Exposure Contributes to Alzheimer’s Disease Risk
Your risk for Alzheimer’s goes beyond genetics. In today’s Academic Minute, Florida International University’s Jason Richardson discusses another area of...
Faculties So White
A new report underscores how faculty diversity and student success go “hand-in-hand” and asks, “Why are university faculties so white?”
Florida’s Failed Searches
A search for a president at Florida Gulf Coast University and a provost at the University of South Florida both failed recently. Critics see the failures as fallout from Florida’s thorny politics.
Debt Relief Heads to Supreme Court
The court will hear arguments in February on whether the Biden administration is legally able to forgive federal student loans. An injunction blocking the debt relief will remain in place.
Opinion
First-Person Singular
Scott McLemee highlights forthcoming university press books of a more personal nature.
Opinion
A Double Standard for Students at Risk?
Universities should recognize and reconsider the differential treatment they offer Global South students fleeing persecution, writes Isabella Aung.
Opinion
F. Scott and the Qatar World Cup
In watching the World Cup in Qatar in a world rife with whataboutism, David S. Busch reflects on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s definition of intelligence.