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Education Department Disproportionally Selected Black, Hispanic Students for Audit
The U.S. Department of Education disproportionately selected Black and Hispanic students for financial aid audits over the last decade, The...
U of Tennessee Africana Program Apologizes for Classroom Use of Slur
The University of Tennessee at Knoxville’s Africana studies program apologized for a classroom incident involving a racial slur. “We have...
Saddleback College Abandons Controversial Mascot
Saddleback College, a community college in Mission Viejo, Calif., announced that it will be getting rid of its controversial “Gaucho”...
30th Parent Will Plead Guilty in Admissions Scandal
William E. McGlashan Jr. has agreed to plead guilty to one count of wire fraud and honest services wire fraud...
Demand for Graduate School Rises Even as Greater Competition Looms
Enrollment at public graduate schools increased by 2 percent this fall even as enrollment at undergraduate institutions declined during the...
Markets and Social Justice
Free markets cannot be counted on to erase social injustices. In today's Academic Minute, part of Scripps College Week, Nancy...
A Spike in Cheating Since the Move to Remote?
New research finds jump in number of questions submitted to "homework help" website Chegg after start of pandemic, an increase the authors say is very likely linked to rise in cheating.
A Messy Debate on Academic Freedom
A University of Iowa dean apologizes to a student at a legislative hearing. But the matter is far from over.