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Academic Minute: Social Legacies of Infrastructure Systems
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Carnegie Mellon University Week: Daniel Armanios, assistant professor in the department of engineering...
New Presidents or Provosts: Clayton State U, Gratz College, Kentucky State U, Lamar U, Ohio State U, Paul Smith's College, Prescott College, San Bernardino CC District, South Texas College
Scott Dalrymple, president of Columbia College, in Missouri, has been chosen as president of Paul Smith’s College, in New York...
Education Department Clarifies Rules on Professional Judgment
The Department of Education has updated prior guidance to financial aid administrators about their authority to exercise “professional judgment” for...
Ep. 53: College Students’ Expectations for the Fall
Students have offered mixed assessments of their learning experiences during the pandemic year. Many of them have complained about the...
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.
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.
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.