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When Is It Safe to Reopen After a COVID-19 Lockdown?
Using information to decide when to reopen after a pandemic can be tricky. In today’s Academic Minute, part of Florida...
For Those Most at Risk, COVID-19 Is Not Over
With the lethal threat of COVID-19 on the decline, many colleges are relaxing policies to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Disability advocates fear that high-risk individuals will suffer.
Humanities Graduate Education Is Shrinking
A new report from the Humanities Indicators Project finds that master’s degrees in humanities fields peaked in 2012 and Ph.D.s three years later. There are no signs of a bounce back.
Ohio State Will No Longer Give iPads to All Students
Ohio State University is ending a program it started in 2017, amid much fanfare, to give every new student an...
Education Dept. Approves $238M in New Borrower-Defense Claims
The Department of Education announced Thursday that it will respond to “pervasive and widespread misconduct” by the Marinello Schools of...
Opinion
A Good Bookstore Is Hard to Find
Scott McLemee reviews Jeff Deutsch’s In Praise of Good Bookstores.
NASA Launches Plans to Support Minority-Serving Institutions
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration recently launched an equity action plan with steps to offer more resources and opportunities...
Opinion
College Is About to Get Its Own Tea Party
Unless colleges and Democrats take pre-emptive action, the Biden administration’s student loan moratorium qua forgiveness could easily lead to a Republican war on higher education.