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Living Without a Bank Account: Academic Minute

Today on the Academic Minute: Jay Zagorsky, clinical associate professor of markets, public policy and law at the Questrom School...
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Students Academics

Game-Changing Access to Academic Materials in Prison

Doing research on JSTOR is a routine part of many students’ college experience. Now that opportunity is available to hundreds of thousands of incarcerated people.

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Global

Is ‘Fatphobia’ the Last Acceptable Prejudice in the Academy?

A Cornell University philosopher is calling out the discrimination—which is often blatant—faced by scholars deemed overweight.

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Government Student Aid Policy

Colleges Worry Pell Grant Expansion Could Set ‘Dangerous Precedent’

House lawmakers are proposing to charge wealthy colleges for unpaid student loans, using the money for students in short-term workforce training programs.

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Students Free Speech

Israeli Speaker Canceled, Event Evacuated at UC Berkeley

Violent pro-Palestinian protests prompted officials to shut down a talk by an Israeli lawyer.

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Views

DEI and the Necessity of Self-Defense

For defenders of campus diversity, equity and inclusion programs, now is the time to fight back, Mathew H. Gendle writes.

Quick Takes

COVID’s Effects on Preschool Children’s Learning: Academic Minute

Today on the Academic Minute: Steven Barnett, Board of Governors Professor of Education at Rutgers University, discusses some of the...
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Governance Executive Leadership

Annual Presidents’ Survey Finds Optimism Amid Uncertainty

Despite a number of financial and political challenges, many college presidents are optimistic about their own campuses, but less so about the state of higher education.