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Duke Challenges Ph.D. Students' Right to Unionize
Duke University will legally challenge its graduate student workers’ latest effort to unionize. “In 2016 the National Labor Relations Board...
The NCAA Women’s Academic Bracket, 2023 Edition
Who would win the NCAA Division I women’s basketball tournament if academics determined the outcome? Our distinctive methodology picks the winner(s).
Students May Need Lessons on the Benefits of Active Learning
On the Teaching for Student Success podcast, a physics professor at Harvard discusses his study on how much students get from active learning environments, as well as surprising findings about how they prefer to be taught.
U of Rhode Island Removes Partial Malcolm X Quote
The University of Rhode Island removed a partial quote by Malcolm X from the outside of its library building. Black...
Gameful Learning
Can games be a useful component of learning in the classroom? In today’s Academic Minute, part of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute...
Stanford Apologizes After Students Heckle Judge
The university says, “Staff members who should have enforced university policies failed to do so.”
The NCAA Men’s Academic Bracket, 2023 Edition
Who would win the NCAA men’s basketball tournament if academic performance trumped athletic skill? An Inside Higher Ed tradition since 2006.
Restructuring Counseling Centers—and Ousting Directors
Several institutions have replaced counseling center directors with new administrators as part of an effort to restructure health services and expand mental health care.