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Emails suggest a Purdue University math faculty member has been punished for his COVID-19–era teaching. The university says it “regrets that some have chosen to release incomplete confidential personnel files.”
Sackler Family Gave Millions to National Academies
Officials of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine kept quiet about their decision to accept $19 million in...
Professors Can Make a Difference in Promoting Students’ Success
How can professors support students, beyond engaging them in more active learning? Our infographic offers six ideas.
Opinion
Why Florida’s Public College Presidents Should Resign
The best strategy for countering Governor DeSantis’s attacks on higher ed could be for Florida’s public university presidents to threaten to resign en masse, Robert Birnbaum writes.
Board Replaces President of Alcorn State
The board of the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Education announced Thursday that Felecia Nave, who has been president of Alcorn...
White House Ready to Name New NIH Director
President Biden is planning to name Dr. Monica Bertagnolli, director of the National Cancer Institute, to lead the National Institutes...
FIRE: 1/5 of ‘Scholar Sanction Attempts’ Led to Firing
There have been 1,080 “scholar sanction attempts” since 2000, about a fifth of which resulted in firings, the Foundation for...
Opinion
Commencement Is a Celebration, Not a Class
In choosing a commencement speaker, don’t (purposely) court controversy, Walter Kimbrough writes.