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Man Claims 6 Medical Schools Illegally Considered Race, Gender
A white man filed a suit against six Texas medical schools Tuesday, charging them with illegally considering issues of race...
Alabama and Lethal Injection Issues: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College, explains...
Survey Finds Recent Grads Emotionally Unprepared for Work
Nearly 40 percent of recent graduates believe their college or university did an inadequate job of preparing them for “the...
Texas Universities Offer to Freeze Tuition for $1 Billion
The leaders of the six largest university systems in Texas have agreed to freeze tuition for undergraduates for the next...
How Surveillance Is Changing the Long-Haul Trucking Industry
The trucking industry is modernizing rapidly, but is it for the better? In today’s Academic Minute, Cornell University’s Karen Levy...
Income-Driven Repayment Changes to Create ‘Student Loan Safety Net’
The Education Department is also seeking input on how to create a list of programs that provide low financial value.
DeSantis Aims to Turn Public College Into ‘Hillsdale of the South’
Six new trustees were appointed at New College of Florida, including a cadre of controversial conservatives. The board aims to reshape the college in the image of a private Christian institution.
Amid Backlash, Stanford Pulls ‘Harmful Language’ List
The university’s effort to remove racist, violent and biased language from its website morphed into a PR disaster. Other colleges’ initiatives have fared better—perhaps because they are less transparent in their practices.