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Project-Based Learning in the First Year
Students shouldn’t wait for project-based learning in higher education. In today's Academic Minute, part of Worcester Polytechnic Institute Week, Kristin...
Did Trump Save HBCUs?
President engages in "useful hyperbole" by claiming he rescued historically black colleges, but his administration has made good on some of its promise to support the sector.
Beef With Harvard
Texas A&M chancellor suggests that Harvard researchers have an anti-red meat agenda.
An Intelligent Argument on Race?
Scholar makes argument in favor of race-based research into intelligence, but experts in that subfield say it's an unnecessary plea that doesn't square with scientific realities.
City College of San Francisco's Severe Budget Crisis
A report from an independent auditor has found that City College of San Francisco has a budget problem so severe...
Opinion
Improving Graduation Rates by Nudging Faculty, Not Students
Jeff Gold, Roy Stripling and Michal Kurlaender describe a program that encourages professors to use tools offering specifics about the academic trajectories of their students to help facilitate those students' paths to a college degree.
Faculty Criticize Screening of Anti-Abortion Film
More than 40 faculty and staff members at a Catholic college in Canada wrote a letter requesting an apology regarding...
Accusations of Viewpoint Discrimination
Conservative students say their organizations are often denied official campus recognition -- by other student leaders -- because of their political beliefs.