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Ex-USC Dean Admits She Arranged Bribery Payment
Marilyn Flynn, who was dean of the University of Southern California School of Social Work from 1997 to 2018, agreed...
Peacekeeping: It’s Complicated
Why is international peacekeeping so hard? In today’s Academic Minute, Pennsylvania State University’s Dennis Jett explains. Jett is a professor...
‘Spaces Matter’
Limited access to active learning spaces may disproportionately hurt historically excluded groups, and institutions should build more of these spaces in the name of equity, according to a new study. Where does higher ed stand on next-generation learning spaces?
Growing Public Concerns About Higher Ed’s Value: Key Podcast
Americans don’t seem to doubt the importance of higher education, but they are increasingly asking hard questions about whether it’s...
‘Administratively Adrift’
Author discusses his new book on “institutional barriers for college student success.”
Gates Foundation Gives $100M to Transform Colleges
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation plans to give $100 million over the next five years to six nonprofit organizations...
Broken Link Between Pay and Productivity for Women in STEM
A preprint study on the link between scholarly performance and compensation finds that cumulative research productivity was more strongly related...
Opinion
The ‘Safe Enough’ Campus, 2022
Environments conducive to learning are not risk-free, whether we’re talking about COVID or risks of an intellectual variety, Michael S. Roth writes.