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New Role Brings More Focus to Student Basic Needs
Colleges and universities have started hiring directors of basic needs to address growing food and housing insecurity among students.
Critics Fault St. Joseph’s on Crime
Critics continue to fault St. Joseph’s University on crime, even after the university has boosted security, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported...
Boys’ and Men’s Struggles in School Reveal Systemic Inequity
The mental health of males demands closer focus. In today’s Academic Minute, Ioakim Boutakidis of California State University, Fullerton, explores...
Students and Experts Agree: TikTok Bans Are Useless
With cellular data and VPNs, it’s easy for students to circumvent the TikTok bans sweeping the nation’s universities. That makes experts wonder: What do these bans hope to achieve?
AI Writing Detection: A Losing Battle Worth Fighting
Human- and machine-generated prose may one day be indistinguishable. But that does not quell academics’ search for an answer to the question “What makes prose human?”
Probation, Not Prison, for Researcher in China Initiative Case
A jury convicted the former chemical engineering professor on charges linked to allegedly failing to disclose ties to China, but a judge threw out several of the convictions and imposed the lightest possible sentence.
Harvard Backtracks on Fellowship Award
Former Human Rights Watch director said the Kennedy School rejected him over his criticism of Israel. The dean reversed course Thursday.
Student Loan Servicer Lays Off 500 Employees
Nelnet, a federal student loan servicer, is cutting staff because of delays in the Biden administration’s debt-relief plan and the...