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Today on the Academic Minute, part of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Week: Brett Fajen, associate dean for academic affairs and professor...
Bay State College Facing Eviction Over Unpaid Rent
Bay State College, an embattled for-profit institution in Massachusetts, is facing eviction over what its landlord claims is $720,000 in...
Former Wisconsin Grad Student Arrested for Violent Threats
A former University of Wisconsin at Madison anthropology graduate student, Arvin Raj Mathur, was arrested for sending numerous violent and...
Temple Strike Ends After Grad Students Accept Deal
The Temple University graduate student workers’ strike, which lasted over a month and got ugly when the university pulled tuition and health insurance benefits, has come to an end.
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.
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.
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...