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How to Make Jeopardy! Work for Your Career: Academic Minute

Today on the Academic Minute: Daniel Newton, assistant professor of management and entrepreneurship at the University of Iowa’s Tippie College...
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Opinion

With Confidence in Higher Ed Plummeting, Colleges Must Recommit to Teaching

The best way to rebuild confidence in higher ed is to focus on teaching, Holden Thorp and Buck Goldstein write.

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Opinion

Let’s Have Better Debates About Standardized Tests

Ben Paris argues that test critics downplay the disadvantages of test-optional policies.

Students relax on the lawn of a quad at the University of Washington in Seattle, with blossoming cherry trees in the background.

Lumina Awards Millions for Admissions Innovations

The seven winning states and university systems will use the funds for direct admissions, universal transfer pathways and other initiatives to simplify admissions.

Virginia Bans Legacy Preferences in Admissions

Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin signed bills Friday prohibiting the state’s public universities from giving preference to legacy applicants in admissions...

Universities Expect to Use More Tech in Future Classrooms—but Don’t Know How

University administrators see the need to implement education technology in their classrooms but are at a loss regarding how to...
A photo illustration combining a photo of Bruce Gilley, the cover of his book The Case for Colonialism, and a photo of the New College of Florida campus.

New College of Florida Hires Professor Who Champions Colonialism

The institution’s president has appointed Bruce Gilley—who’s argued that a “European moral revolution” ended Africa’s “endemic slave empires” and said the transgender flag symbolizes mutilating children—to teach.

Representative Burgess Owens, a Black man wearing a blue suit, and Representative Suzanne Bonamici, a white woman wearing a blue blazer, both speak at microphones.

Democrats Make Their Case for DEI

A Republican described diversity, equity and inclusion offices as a “cancer.” Democrats pushed back, calling their understanding of the concept flawed.