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Sally Kornbluth, Duke Provost, to Become MIT President
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Thursday named Sally A. Kornbluth, a cell biologist and provost of Duke University, its...
Northwestern Gets $121 Million Gift
Northwestern University announced a $121 million gift to advance biomedical research at the Feinberg School of Medicine and expand executive...
A New Dimension for Fingerprint Technology
Fingerprints have been used for identification for quite a while, but do they need an update? In today’s Academic Minute...
Ph.D.s Conferred Drop 5.4%
Preliminary data from the NSF indicate that COVID-19 hit Ph.D. production hard in 2021, but job-placement data are surprisingly rosy—just not in academe.
Despite Hopes for a Rebound, Enrollment Falls Again
The decline was less steep than it has been during the pandemic, but an eagerly anticipated recovery did not materialize.
Texas Weighs Changes to Community College Funding
A Texas commission has recommended that community college funding in the state be directly tied to performance—namely, student graduation rates...
Report Blasts Early Decision
A report by the group Education Reform Now blasts early-decision admissions programs—in which applicants commit to enroll if admitted—as providing...
Harvard Requires Students to Get New COVID-19 Booster
Harvard University announced that all students must be vaccinated with the new bivalent COVID-19 by January, Boston.com reported. Students with...