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Ratings and Gender Bias Over Time
Two new studies show how bias against women in student ratings operates over time, worsening with critical feedback and instructor age.
Michigan State Board Breaks Silence
Michigan State’s Board of Trustees has offered few details on the effort to oust its president. Friday’s meeting offered insights and a glimpse into a board fraught with distrust.
Fewer Affordable Options for Pell Grant Students
Fewer than a quarter of public four-year institutions, and only 40 percent of community colleges, meet a college access group’s definition of affordability.
Report: ‘Whiteness Rules’ in Selecting Presidents
A new report by the College Futures Foundation can be summed up by its title: “Whiteness Rules: Racial Exclusion in...
Why Do Only Some People See Ghosts? Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Frank McAndrew, Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology at Knox College, explores why some people...
Opinion
Teaching Conversational Skills Through Scaffolding
As we all relearn the art of conversation, integrating the concept of scaffolding can help students have meaningful conversations, Laurie L. Patton writes.
Black Faculty Members Leave Mizzou
At least nine Black faculty members have left the University of Missouri at Columbia in 2022, The Columbia Missourian reported...
New Programs: Finance, Mexican American Studies, Public Policy
Felician University is starting a B.S. in finance. St. Mary’s University, in Texas, has added a minor and a certificate...