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Meditation and Mind Control
What if you could control something by just thinking? In today's Academic Minute, part of Carnegie Mellon University Week, Bin...
Delta Variant Raises Questions as Campuses Start Semester
Florida universities are ordered to open in person; Stanislaus State will go online for six weeks; a few Texas institutions will start online; required vaccines in Philadelphia, no confidence vote at Penn State; clusters at Duke; and colleges scramble to get students vaccinated.
Win for Academic Freedom in Nebraska
University of Nebraska system Board of Regents voted down a proposal to ban the "imposition" of critical race theory in the classroom. Students and faculty members wanted that outcome, but some worry about the damage that's already been done.
How They Filled Their Classes
Some private colleges, without great fame, had a great admissions year. They used a variety of strategies, but one common theme: They stayed open in 2020-21. Another is discount rates that stayed high.
Academic Minute: Meditation and Mind Control
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Carnegie Mellon University Week: Bin He, professor of biomedical engineering, explains how people...
Opinion
Practicing the Equitable, Transformative Pedagogy We Preach
We see disparate student success rates year in and year out, yet we don't know how to change that, as most of us weren't taught better ways to teach, argue Cathy N. Davidson and Shelly Eversley.
Cornell Softens Stance on Remote Teaching
Two days after announcing Cornell University announced it would not consider any requests from faculty to teach remotely, not even...
Collaborating to Fix Student Loans
The Department of Education has been listening to suggestions from Senators Schumer and Warren on how it can address student debt in the future. And the Senate appears ready -- after its recess -- to confirm James Kvaal.