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Queer-ish: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Scripps College Week: Ken Gonzales-Day, professor and Fletcher Jones Endowed Chair in Art...
Republicans Find a Scapegoat for the FAFSA Mess
Calls for the ouster of Richard Cordray, head of the agency that developed and launched the troubled student-aid application, are growing louder. How did he become the conservatives’ culprit of choice?
Duke Ends Scholarship for Black Students
Duke University has ended its Reginaldo Howard Scholars program, which granted full-ride merit scholarships to a small cohort of students...
New Presidents and Provosts: Davidson-Davie, North Carolina-Asheville, Notre Dame, Vermont State, Western Governors, Woodland CC, Youngstown State
The Reverend Robert A. Dowd, vice president and associate provost at the University of Notre Dame, in Indiana, has been...
After the FAFSA Quake, a Flood of Corrections
As delays to the FAFSA rollout piled up, so did an unusual number of errors, both on student forms and in the Education Department’s eligibility calculations.
Columbia’s President Heads to Capitol Hill
Minouche Shafik’s peers faced a Congressional grilling in December over antisemitism on campus, with disastrous results. Now it’s her turn. Is she ready?
Punishments Rise as Student Protests Escalate
Exasperated and under intense scrutiny, some college administrators are increasingly punishing student activists with suspensions, expulsions and arrests.
Pitzer College President Rejects Resolution for Expansive Israel Boycott
Pitzer College president Strom Thacker rejected an amended resolution recently adopted by students, faculty and staff that called on the...