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Alabama and Lethal Injection Issues
Capital punishment is far from foolproof. In today’s Academic Minute, Amherst College’s Austin Sarat explains the stakes for states. Sarat...
ChatGPT Advice Academics Can Use Now
To harness the potential and avert the risks of OpenAI’s new chat bot, academics should think a few years out, invite students into the conversation and—most of all—experiment, not panic.
New Trustees, New Hopes and Fears for City College
City College of San Francisco is welcoming three new trustees backed by the faculty union. Their supporters see them as a sign of needed change. The ousted incumbents say their replacements will imperil the college’s future.
Survey Finds Recent Grads Emotionally Unprepared for Work
Nearly 40 percent of recent graduates believe their college or university did an inadequate job of preparing them for “the...
Texas Universities Offer to Freeze Tuition for $1 Billion
The leaders of the six largest university systems in Texas have agreed to freeze tuition for undergraduates for the next...
‘The Grant Writing Guide’
Author discusses her new book, on how faculty members can land grants.
Interfaith Room Restored at Augustana in South Dakota
Students of different religious backgrounds will be able to continue using a room designated for interfaith worship at Augustana University...
Campus COVID Policies in Flux
As institutions enter their sixth semester of the pandemic, COVID prevention measures, from masking to vaccine mandates, have become increasingly diverse and inconsistent.