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Program Launch: Virtual Reality Pilot Hones Students’ Public Speaking
A pilot program this year at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis uses virtual reality headsets to refine students’ speaking skills and presentation ability and to soothe communication anxiety.
President Soothes Student Stress with Stories
To support students’ mental health near finals at Hollins University, President Mary Dana Hinton created a bedtime stories event, reading to attendees from familiar children’s books over snacks.
NCF Recruiting Bonuses Raise Legal Questions
New College of Florida interim president Richard Corcoran offered $5,000 bonuses to staff members who hit an enrollment target of...
UNC Board Changes Admissions, Hiring Policies on Race
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Board of Trustees voted Thursday to prohibit the institution from considering race...
Why Should We Ask More Questions? Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Einav Hart, assistant professor of management at the George Mason University School of Business, explains...
Black Fraternity Moves Convention Out of Florida
Alpha Phi Alpha, the oldest historically Black college fraternity in the country, is moving a planned 2025 convention out of...
Hawai‘i Community College Pays Ransom After Data Breach
In a rare move, a community college announced it has paid a ransom to hackers after data from roughly 28,000...
Weighing Retracting an Abortion Critic’s Work, With Lawyers Involved
Frontiers in Psychology retracted a paper by Priscilla K. Coleman. The British Journal of Psychiatry declined to retract another, after which editorial board members resigned. It’s a fight over abortion research in the post-Roe era.