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Cultural Survival Happens One Word at a Time: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Mneesha Gellman, associate professor of political science in the Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts and...
Academic Freedom Alliance Opposes Divisive Concepts Bans
The Academic Freedom Alliance, an ideologically diverse group of college and university faculty members dedicated to free expression, opines against...
An ‘Ax Falling’ at Manhattanville
College announces tenured faculty layoffs and program suspensions as part of an academic realignment. Professors wonder what will be left after the college is done cutting.
Mizzou Won’t Punish Student for Racist Snapchat
Citing First Amendment rights, the University of Missouri said Monday that it will not take action against a student who shared a Snapchat that contained a racial slur and seemed to encourage violence toward Black people.
HEROES Act at Center of Debt-Relief Legal Fight
Executive overreach or legal use of statutory authority? That will be a key question for the U.S. Supreme Court to consider when it hears arguments in two debt-relief lawsuits early this year.
Opinion
Why We Need Better Data on Faculty Diversity
Institutions need better data on faculty backgrounds, their experiences and working conditions, and (in)equities in measures of success, Laura W. Perna writes.
Report: VCU Medical School Depended on Slavery
The medical school at Virginia Commonwealth University depended on and profited from slavery, according to a report commissioned by the...
Will Law Schools Respond to ‘U.S. News’ Changes?
Reactions were muted or critical to a series of ways the magazine said it would improve its rankings.