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Emoji: Language or Communication?
What’s your favorite emoji? In today’s Academic Minute, part of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Week, Benjamin Weissman surveys this common form...
A Merger Doesn’t Happen, and an Art Institute Ends
San Francisco Art Institute ceases operations after an effort to merge into University of San Francisco is rejected.
Direct Admissions Takes Off
At West Texas A&M, at Minnesota’s colleges and with the Common App, colleges are dropping applications as a requirement to be admitted.
Harvard Lobbies Congress to Cut Endowment Tax
Harvard is pushing Senate Democrats to consider reducing the controversial tax that draws an estimated $50 million annually from its $39 billion endowment. Many wealthy private universities want the tax eliminated.
Outrage Over Kennedy-King President Being Fired
The president of Kennedy-King College was fired last week, sparking considerable outrage in Chicago, The Chicago Sun-Times reported. The Reverend...
Layoffs at Maryland Institute College of Art
The Maryland Institute College of Art announced “broad staff layoffs” this week. Artforum reported that the layoffs “eliminate roughly 10...
Liberty Coach Takes Aim at Sex Assault Survivor on Twitter
Liberty University football coach Hugh Freeze has taken to Twitter to defend LU athletics from criticism around controversial hires, including...
Opinion
It’s Time to End Legacy Admissions
It favors wealthy, white applicants, writes Alan B. Morrison.