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Ignoring Bacow's Stance Against Grad Student Unionization
Harvard president was on "wrong side of history" in fighting the unionization of grad students.
UCLA Law Releases Confidential Student Information
The University of California, Los Angeles, law school accidentally released to first-year students information about rising third-year students, including their...
From Migration to Empowerment: Indigenous Maya Women
Keeping your culture when oppressed can be tough. In today’s Academic Minute, Connecticut College’s Joyce Bennett looks to one group...
‘An Affront to Open Discourse’
PEN America and the American Association of Colleges and Universities come out once more against so-called divisive concepts bans, saying they represent the biggest threat of all to free speech.
Bacow to Step Down as Harvard’s President
Lawrence S. Bacow will leave next summer after five years in its top job and a dozen on its board. He previously led Tufts University and spent 24 years at MIT.
Film Producer Pledges Movie Proceeds Will Go to HBCUs
Realm Pictures International is committing 10 percent of the profits from its upcoming film Steal Away to historically Black colleges...
Migration to Empowerment—Indigenous Maya Women: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Joyce Bennett, assistant professor of anthropology at Connecticut College, discusses one group that kept its...
Education Department Hires First Chief Economist
In a statement from James Kvaal, under secretary of the department, he stated that the Chief Economist position will be built out of the Office of the Under Secretary, but in the future the scope of the position could expand and may become permanent. “Secretary Cardona and I believe that our country needs a more inclusive system that helps many more students graduate and reach their goals. Leading colleges and universities are already finding proven solutions and using data to identify areas in need of improvement and evidence-based strategies to address them, evaluate the success of their efforts, and measure their progress,” said Kvaal in a blog post released Wednesday. “As Chief Economist, Jordan will help the Department of Education lead by example, and I hope the broader research community will find him a helpful ally in helping the Department and the field to better integrate cutting-edge research and evidence into practice and policy.”