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‘There Is No College in COVID’
A new book featuring journal entries from first-year students at Oregon State University–Cascades reflecting on their transition to college during a global pandemic offers poignant, witty and sad takes on their unusual experience.
Students Missed Chance for $50 by Not Reading Syllabus
Kenyon Wilson, a professor of performing arts at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, decided to test students on something...
Appeals Court Reinstates Biden Vaccine Mandate
A federal appeals court reinstated a Biden administration rule requiring employees of large businesses to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or...
Academic Minute: Career Success for Students With Disabilities
Today on the Academic Minute: Susan McKelvey, research assistant professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, explores how to help students with...
Legal Win for Kutztown Professor Denied Remote Accommodation
Stephen Oross, an associate professor of psychology at Kutztown University who was denied a remote teaching accommodation following his recent...
‘Feminized’ Research and Faculty Career Outcomes
A machine learning–assisted study of one million dissertations published between 1980 and 2010 found that scholars who wrote about topics...
$50M Gift for Physics at Johns Hopkins
The investor and philanthropist William H. Miller III has made a gift of $50 million to the physics and astronomy...
COVID-19 Changes Plans for Next Semester
DePaul, Harvard and Stanford students won’t have in-person classes the first weeks of the semester; Penn State, UCLA and U of Southern California are considering such a move; Cornell has surge in infections; Bowie State, Towson and Tufts move finals online.