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Temple Demands Strikers Pay for Tuition, Health Care
The university has ended striking graduate student workers’ health coverage and, in what the AFT calls an “unprecedented” move, is demanding they pay tuition, too. Temple says over 80 percent of the local union members aren’t striking.
‘Procrastination-Friendly’ Academe Needs More Deadlines
Some faculty members believe eliminating deadlines optimizes flexibility for students. But cognitive psychology research suggests that students fare better academically and personally under numerous short-term deadlines.
How Smartphones Affect Classroom Psychology: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Melissa Huey, assistant professor of behavioral sciences at New York Institute of Technology, explores the...
Cooper Union Reinstates Student Show It Barred
The Cooper Union reinstated a student show that it initially barred for fears it would offend Ukrainians in the neighborhood...
Public Bailout Unlikely for Birmingham-Southern
Facing financial pressure, Birmingham-Southern College is hoping for a $30 million lifeline from Alabama lawmakers to stave off a potential...
Campus Threat Was Actually Just a Joke About Nintendo
A professor at California State University, Fullerton, contacted the campus police Tuesday when she received an email she believed to...
Campus Evacuated After Explosive Is Accidentally Produced
Multiple buildings were evacuated and closed on the University of Delaware campus Wednesday after researchers accidentally created “a small amount...
Opinion
Evergreen With Envy
Scott McLemee reviews Robert A. Schneider’s The Return of Resentment: The Rise and Decline and Rise Again of a Political Emotion.