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Amherst Eliminates Legacy Admissions Preferences
Amherst College announced this morning that it is eliminating the preference it has granted in admissions to legacy applicants. Currently...
Social Support for Health of Chinese and Korean Immigrants
Immigrants can thrive with a strong support network. In today's Academic Minute, part of University of California, Irvine, Week, Brittany...
Reimagining the Scholarly Meeting
Ithaka S+R releases study on the annual conference in the pandemic era and announces new cohort to plan for meetings of the future.
Without Financial Help, Bloomfield College Risks Closure
In an interview, President Marcheta P. Evans discusses why the 153-year-old minority-serving private college needs a philanthropic partner. Experts say it’s a risky strategy -- but it just might work.
Opinion
10 Things Faculty Need to Understand About Autism
Maggie Coughlin shares some lessons she’s learned in understanding her own autism and how to work with her neurodiversity and that of the students she teaches.
Survey: Professors and the Public Good
A new survey of Americans about the arts, by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, returned some interesting findings...
One Last Cut?
Tuition-free community college is presumed to be on the chopping block in President Biden’s Build Back Better Act, but there are still ways that lawmakers can lower the cost of the program without scrapping it completely.
Academic Minute: Social Support in Improving Immigrant Health
Today on the Academic Minute, part of University of California, Irvine, Week: Brittany N. Morey, assistant professor of health, society...