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Advising the Biden Administration
Eloy Ortiz Oakley, chancellor of the California Community Colleges system, will temporarily serve as a special adviser in the U.S. Department of Education. The move was applauded by higher education leaders.
Students Favor Free College, Oppose Admissions Preferences
Survey reveals what education policy makers working on behalf of students need to know about solutions that students support for making college more affordable and equitable.
Judge Sides With Indiana U in Vaccine Mandate Case
Federal judge finds Indiana was reasonably pursuing legitimate public health aims in first court decision considering the constitutionality of a college’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement.
GI Bill Benefits Don’t Pay Off for All
Student veterans who received benefits from the Post-9/11 GI Bill had lower earnings for seven to nine years after leaving the Army, a new NBER working paper showed.
Opinion
Outlawing Best Practices
I train K-12 teachers to use such research-based practices in their classrooms, writes Rosalie Metro, but bans on critical race theory could make this illegal.
Michigan Faculty Favors Mandatory Vaccines
Faculty members at the University of Michigan overwhelmingly favor mandatory vaccinations for everyone on campus, with limited exemptions for medical...
Academic Minute: Sex Education for Muslim Adolescents
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Widener University Week: Shaakira Abdullah, professor of nursing, explores one community where helping...
Ep. 46: Defining and Measuring ‘Value’ in Postsecondary Education
Rapid growth in college debt and families’ out-of-pocket expenditures on higher education, along with complaints from employers about the preparedness...