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Judge Rules Professor Was Entitled to Teach Online During Pandemic

A U.S. district court judge ruled that Kutztown University psychology professor Stephen Oross III, who underwent a heart transplant during...
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Legislating an End to Legacy Preferences

A wave of bills targeting alumni preferences is building across state houses and in Congress. Has the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ban paved the way for their success?

Computer Modeling and AI Transform Drug Discovery: Academic Minute

Today on the Academic Minute, part of USC Dornsife Week: Vsevolod Seva Katritch, associate professor of quantitative and computational biology...
Opinion

Public Higher Education Is Becoming More and More Inequitable

How can we ensure equal access to a high-quality postsecondary education?

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Education Dept. Affirms Exemption for Baylor From Protecting Gay Students From Harassment

Biden administration says Baptist is exempt from addressing sexual harassment claims involving students LGBTQ+ students, if it can show conflict with its religious tenets.

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West Virginia’s Unprecedented Proposed Cuts Become Clear

The flagship university is recommending eliminating 9 percent of its majors, all the foreign language programs and 7 percent of full-time faculty members.

The Week in Admissions News

The University of California admits a record number of in-state students; when the minimum wage rises, community college enrollment falls; Asian students less likely to be admitted to highly selective colleges than white students with similar credentials.

A picture of the book jacket for "Off the Mark" on the left, beside individual headshots of the two authorsh

How Grading Veered 'Off the Mark'

A new book by two education professors explores why assessment became so fraught and what we can do to restore its original purpose: helping students learn.