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‘A Very Promising Sign’
For the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, first-year enrollment increased from the previous year—though it’s too soon to say if the trend will continue.
Faculty: Repeated Threats Unheeded, Professor Murdered
University of Arizona professor Thomas Meixner was shot to death in October, allegedly by an ousted student. A new faculty report says multiple departments were repeatedly warned about the student, but university administrators failed to act effectively.
Pandemic Higher Ed Relief Funds Kept Students Enrolled and Institutions Open
A new report from the Education Department details how the billions in COVID-19 emergency relief aid helped millions of students remain enrolled in college. Students received $1,507, on average, in emergency aid.
Justifying Program Cuts With an Unreleased Report
Utica University’s president wants to eliminate degree offerings in subjects such as chemistry and philosophy. But a report supposedly buttressing the move isn’t public.
The Varieties of Spirituality: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Morgan Shipley, Foglio Endowed Chair of Spirituality and associate professor of religious studies at Michigan...
In Survey, Wisconsin Students Share Views on Free Speech
The University of Wisconsin System on Wednesday released a survey of its students’ views on free speech, and the results...
Berkeley Fires Women’s Swim Coach for Bullying and Bias
The University of California, Berkeley, fired Teri McKeever, its women’s swimming coach, on Tuesday, the Southern California News Group reported...
Opinion
Student Health and Climate Awareness: We Can Have Both
Educators can help students transform climate anxiety into meaningful action, writes Paul F. Steinberg.