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6 Virginia Colleges Drop Employee Vaccine Requirements
Six public colleges in Virginia have reversed course on COVID-19 vaccines, dropping immunization requirements for employees after Governor Glenn Youngkin...
Study Abroad Programs Resume After Pandemic Hiatus
Some students who lost out on studying abroad because of the pandemic are turning to alternative programs. Others are going abroad their senior year, a little later than intended.
Suspended Ferris State Professor Threatens Lawsuit
Barry Mehler, the Ferris State University professor of history who was suspended for his profanity-laced course introduction video, is threatening...
Hip Hop Caucus Rallies to Cancel Student Loan Debt
More than a dozen organizations, from the NAACP to the National Black Justice Coalition, are rallying in front of the...
U of Hawai‘i Extends Online Learning
The University of Hawai‘i has extended online learning another week, to Jan. 31, because of the spike in COVID-19 cases...
Are We Biased Against Government?
Trust in government is said to be at an all-time low. In today’s Academic Minute, American University’s Anna Amirkhanyan digs...
A Decades-Long ‘National Crisis,’ and A New Position
Compton College created a new position focused on the academic needs of Black and Latino men. Campus leaders believe they’re at the forefront of a new and long overdue trend.
No Satisfaction on Student Ratings of Instruction
Students’ happiness with their grade, not instructional quality, is a major driver of the correlation between high grades and high student ratings of instruction, according to a new working paper. Interventions don’t quite work, either.