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Beyond Ideological Debates
Programs responding to lack of intellectual diversity are needed, but we must also improve the processes through which these and other new programs are approved, Margaret Spellings writes.
Parents Awarded $6.1 Million in LSU Hazing Case
A jury in Baton Rouge awarded $6.1 million to the parents of a Louisiana State University student who died following...
U of Rhode Island Removes Partial Malcolm X Quote
The University of Rhode Island removed a partial quote by Malcolm X from the outside of its library building. Black students have been protesting the quote since it was first displayed in 1992, saying that using the partial quote did not convey what Malcolm X said.
Duke Challenges Ph.D. Students' Right to Unionize
Duke University will legally challenge its graduate student workers’ latest effort to unionize. “In 2016 the National Labor Relations Board...
Students May Need Lessons on the Benefits of Active Learning
On the Teaching for Student Success podcast, a physics professor at Harvard discusses his study on how much students get from active learning environments, as well as surprising findings about how they prefer to be taught.
U of Rhode Island Removes Partial Malcolm X Quote
The University of Rhode Island removed a partial quote by Malcolm X from the outside of its library building. Black...
Gameful Learning
Can games be a useful component of learning in the classroom? In today’s Academic Minute, part of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute...
The NCAA Men’s Academic Bracket, 2023 Edition
Who would win the NCAA men’s basketball tournament if academic performance trumped athletic skill? An Inside Higher Ed tradition since 2006.