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New COVID Guidance for Colleges Is Stricter Than CDC’s
In updated guidance released Wednesday, the American College Health Association recommended that students who test positive for COVID-19 not leave...
U of Hawai‘i Extends Online Learning
The University of Hawai‘i has extended online learning another week, to Jan. 31, because of the spike in COVID-19 cases...
Are We Biased Against Government?
Trust in government is said to be at an all-time low. In today’s Academic Minute, American University’s Anna Amirkhanyan digs...
A Decades-Long ‘National Crisis,’ and A New Position
Compton College created a new position focused on the academic needs of Black and Latino men. Campus leaders believe they’re at the forefront of a new and long overdue trend.
No Satisfaction on Student Ratings of Instruction
Students’ happiness with their grade, not instructional quality, is a major driver of the correlation between high grades and high student ratings of instruction, according to a new working paper. Interventions don’t quite work, either.
Opinion
Fire Mark Schlissel, but Don’t Troll Him
People deserve to know why he was dismissed, but sharing all the lovey-dovey emails serves no interest except our sadistic desire to feel superior, writes Jonathan Zimmerman.
Errors in Judgment
Public university presidents are advised not to put anything in writing that they wouldn’t want released publicly. Former Michigan president Schlissel likely knew this, higher education experts say.
New Programs: Nursing, Supply Chain Management, Natural Resources, Public Health, Marketing
Berkeley College is starting a master of science in nursing. Caldwell University is starting a bachelor of science in supply...