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Presidents Can’t Win

Statements on the Israel-Hamas war draw criticism from all sides. Should commenting on complicated geopolitical events be part of a college leader’s mandate?

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Graduate Applications Up, but Enrollment Falls

Enrollment fell by 4.7 percent in 2022, with particularly steep drops for doctoral programs at top research universities—a possible sign that higher ed’s enrollment crisis is reaching the graduate level.

Fresno Instructor Arrested for Threats to Staff, Students

A Fresno City College instructor and former basketball coach was arrested Friday after allegedly threatening to shoot staff members and...

Cornell Leaders Condemn Prof. ‘Exhilarated’ by Hamas Attack

Cornell University’s top leaders are condemning an associate history professor’s statement at a rally that Hamas’s recent deadly attack on...

Misconceptions About Queer Sexualities in Arab Cultures: Academic Minute

Today on the Academic Minute: Mejdulene Bernard Shomali, assistant professor in women’s and sexuality studies at the University of Maryland...
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Report: Effective Teacher Training Improves Student Outcomes

Research from the Association of College and University Educators found professors who received training on effective teaching practices for in-person or online instruction improved learners’ academic performance.

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Universities of Wisconsin to Close a Branch Campus and Move 2 Online

This is the latest shift as the state system faces ongoing enrollment declines at most of its 13 community colleges.

Students at a Brooklyn College counterprotest hold signs in support of Israel that say "We feel your pain," "can you feel ours?" and "must you revel in our murder?" One student has an Israeli flag

Middle East Tumult Reverberates on U.S. Campuses

Donors pull funds at Harvard, Penn administrators under fire, incidents at Drexel and conflicting petitions over a Columbia professor.