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Academic Freedom Alliance Opposes Divisive Concepts Bans
The Academic Freedom Alliance, an ideologically diverse group of college and university faculty members dedicated to free expression, opines against...
Mizzou Won’t Punish Student for Racist Snapchat
Citing First Amendment rights, the University of Missouri said Monday that it will not take action against a student who shared a Snapchat that contained a racial slur and seemed to encourage violence toward Black people.
HEROES Act at Center of Debt-Relief Legal Fight
Executive overreach or legal use of statutory authority? That will be a key question for the U.S. Supreme Court to consider when it hears arguments in two debt-relief lawsuits early this year.
Report: VCU Medical School Depended on Slavery
The medical school at Virginia Commonwealth University depended on and profited from slavery, according to a report commissioned by the...
Will Law Schools Respond to ‘U.S. News’ Changes?
Reactions were muted or critical to a series of ways the magazine said it would improve its rankings.
Rick Singer Gets 3.5 Years in Prison
Sentence for mastermind of admissions scandal is longer than any of the 50-plus that came before but is shorter than what the government asked.
Children’s Eyewitness Testimony
Can a child be a reliable eyewitness? In today’s Academic Minute, Clemson University’s Ben Cotterill examines this question. Cotterill is...
‘This Is Not a Personal Statement’
A new young adult novel describes what happens when a student determined to get into her dream college does everything wrong.