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History Hiring in the Pandemic
New report from the American Historical Association shows that job ads, a proxy for faculty hiring, declined dramatically in 2020–21 but have started to rebound. The long-term outlook remains sobering.
Outsourcing Reproductive Health
After partnering with a Roman Catholic health-care system that said it wouldn’t provide students with birth control for contraception, Oberlin College abruptly changed course.
New Presidents or Provosts: Frontier College, Palm Beach State College–Lake Worth, U of Montevallo, Woodbury U
Barbara Cipriano, associate dean of public safety at Palm Beach State College, in Florida, has been named provost of the...
High Oil Prices Offer Endowment Boost
Oil prices are on a major upswing and paying off for some endowments, even as colleges face pressure to divest from fossil fuels over climate change concerns.
Virtual Exchanges Promote Equity in Global Learning
Proponents argue that virtual exchange programs shouldn’t be dismissed as “second best” to on-the-ground study abroad, and they can expand the global learning ecosystem in important ways.
Florida A&M Football Team Blasts Campus Administrators
Florida A&M University’s football team is speaking out against the university’s administration, chastising leaders in a letter after 26 players...
UCLA Orthodontics Professors Allegedly Defrauded Students
A whistle-blower reported that orthodontics professors at the University of California, Los Angeles, were charging certain international students extra fees...
Opinion
Are We Doing It Wrong?
How, in a polarized nation, Steph Liberatore asks, should we be teaching argument in the academy? Should we be focusing less on persuasion and more on understanding?