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Rice University Provost Named Next President
Reginald DesRoches, provost at Rice University, will become the Texas research institution’s next president, the university announced Thursday. DesRoches will...
Academic Minute: Preparing College Students for the World
Today on the Academic Minute: Anthony Scardillo, assistant professor of marketing at Mount Saint Mary College, explores whether students are...
Researching ‘Institutional Courage’
A research center focuses on how institutions, including colleges, betray their constituents—and how institutions can act with courage instead.
Stanford to Be Test Optional Another Year
For both this year and next, Stanford University will be test optional. “For both the current 2021–22 admission cycle and...
U of Chicago Pledges Action After Killing of Recent Graduate
University of Chicago president Paul Alivisatos pledged a commitment “to working urgently” with scholars and city, state and federal elected...
Michigan State Fires Unvaccinated Staff, Suspends Students
Michigan State University has fired two employees and suspended 16 students for failing to get vaccinated against COVID-19, The Detroit...
Africa: The New Epicenter of Global Terrorism
There is a new hub of global terrorism. In today's Academic Minute, the U.S. Military Academy's Jason Warner surveys this...
Looking for Answers
Rutgers University at Camden arts and sciences professors want to know why their beloved dean was fired abruptly. They didn’t get much of an explanation during a meeting with their chancellor, making an already rocky relationship worse.