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Nursing Home Staffing in Disadvantaged Communities: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute, part of New York University Week: Jasmine L. Travers, assistant professor in the Rory Meyers...
Gentrification Matters
Scott McLemee reviews Leslie Kern’s Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies.
HBCU Team Withdraws From Tournament After Racist Incident
The women’s volleyball team at Talladega College, a historically Black institution in Alabama, withdrew from their conference tournament after one...
$52 Million Gift for Hunter College Nursing School
Hunter College has announced a $52 million gift from Leonard Lauder, chairman emeritus of the Estée Lauder Companies, in honor...
Stutterers Don’t Stutter During Private Speech
Testing “private speech” for stutterers takes a novel approach. In today’s Academic Minute, part of New York University Week, Eric...
Harvard and Yale Law Schools Reject ‘U.S. News’ Rankings
Deans issue separate scathing attacks on the methodology used in the rankings.
Suspect Identified in Bomb Threats Against HBCUs
FBI officials identified a teenager who they say is responsible for the majority of bomb threats to HBCUs this year. Some HBCU leaders say the results of the investigation are long overdue.
Clarity, Confusion on ‘Regular and Substantive Interaction’
The Education Department has left room for online colleges to innovate while maintaining eligibility for federal financial aid. But the lack of clarity carries some risk that colleges could run afoul of unarticulated rules.