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Suspended Ferris State Professor Threatens Lawsuit
Barry Mehler, the Ferris State University professor of history who was suspended for his profanity-laced course introduction video, is threatening...
Opinion
The Big Threat to Academic Freedom No One’s Talking About
College athletes lack the rights other students enjoy because those rights have been subsumed by business imperatives, write Stephen T. Casper, Jay M. Smith and Nathan Kalman-Lamb.
Hip Hop Caucus Rallies to Cancel Student Loan Debt
More than a dozen organizations, from the NAACP to the National Black Justice Coalition, are rallying in front of the...
Merger Yields a New College and Student Supports
Boston College and Pine Manor College will create a new two-year college and an enrichment program focused on low-income and underrepresented middle and high school students.
Study Abroad Programs Resume After Pandemic Hiatus
Some students who lost out on studying abroad because of the pandemic are turning to alternative programs. Others are going abroad their senior year, a little later than intended.
U of Hawai‘i Extends Online Learning
The University of Hawai‘i has extended online learning another week, to Jan. 31, because of the spike in COVID-19 cases...
Are We Biased Against Government?
Trust in government is said to be at an all-time low. In today’s Academic Minute, American University’s Anna Amirkhanyan digs...
No Satisfaction on Student Ratings of Instruction
Students’ happiness with their grade, not instructional quality, is a major driver of the correlation between high grades and high student ratings of instruction, according to a new working paper. Interventions don’t quite work, either.