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Teachers Strike at UCLA Lab School
Teachers went on strike for two days, starting Wednesday, at the University of California Lab School, which the Los Angeles...
A Health-Monitoring ‘Wearable’ Without a Battery
Removing batteries from wearable tech can open it up to more people. In today’s Academic Minute, Rahim Esfandyar-Pour of the...
Firing Tenured Faculty, With No Appeal Right
North Dakota’s House majority leader has filed legislation that would let the presidents of Dickinson State, Bismarck State and perhaps other colleges review tenured faculty at any time—and fire them, with no employee power to appeal.
Will University of Arkansas System Buy University of Phoenix?
After a local newspaper broke the story based on a leak, the two institutions confirmed they are discussing a potential deal.
Could Confucius Institutes Return to U.S. Colleges?
Possibly, says a committee of college administrators and professors in a new report, which might open the door to the Department of Defense lifting a prohibition on funding colleges and universities that host an institute.
Opinion
Why I Hate the Term ‘Latinx’
If we’re serious about inclusion, it’s time for academe to drop “Latinx” in favor of the term “Latine,” Bryan Betancur writes.
Tool Maps Campus Sexual Assault Policies, Stats
End Rape on Campus, an initiative of the nonprofit Civic Nation, released a new digital tool Wednesday that allows users...
UCLA Suspends Ecologist, Scientists Ask Why
Nature reports that over 300 scientists are urging the University of California, Los Angeles, to rescind the discipline of a...