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No Paywall for Taxpayer-Funded Research, U.S. Declares
White House mandates free, immediate public access to government-funded research. Many open-access advocates celebrate the decision, but some scholars wonder who will fund the policy.
Do Threatening Groups Seem Omnipresent? Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Jacqueline Rifkin, assistant professor of marketing at Cornell University, asks if we exaggerate the presence...
University of Minnesota to Rebuild Ties With Local Police
The University of Minnesota is re-establishing ties with the Minneapolis Police Department two years after distancing itself in the wake...
Report: Colleges Contribute to a Segregated Workforce
A new report from the Georgetown Center on Poverty & Inequality suggests that higher education contributes to racial and gender...
Lower Completion Rates Among Part-Time Students
A new report from Complete College America, an organization dedicated to raising college degree attainment rates, found that completion rates...
White House, CDC Meet With College Presidents on Monkeypox
College leaders met with the White House and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Thursday to discuss how colleges...
U of Florida Faculty Survey Finds Dissatisfaction
A survey of faculty members at the University of Florida found widespread dissatisfaction, The Tampa Bay Times reported. The survey...
Mergers in Japanese Academe
Talks between two top universities fuel speculation that a new government grant program will spur others to consider joining forces.