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Study Abroad Programs Resume After Pandemic Hiatus
Some students who lost out on studying abroad because of the pandemic are turning to alternative programs. Others are going abroad their senior year, a little later than intended.
U of Hawai‘i Extends Online Learning
The University of Hawai‘i has extended online learning another week, to Jan. 31, because of the spike in COVID-19 cases...
Are We Biased Against Government?
Trust in government is said to be at an all-time low. In today’s Academic Minute, American University’s Anna Amirkhanyan digs...
No Satisfaction on Student Ratings of Instruction
Students’ happiness with their grade, not instructional quality, is a major driver of the correlation between high grades and high student ratings of instruction, according to a new working paper. Interventions don’t quite work, either.
A Decades-Long ‘National Crisis,’ and A New Position
Compton College created a new position focused on the academic needs of Black and Latino men. Campus leaders believe they’re at the forefront of a new and long overdue trend.
Initiative Seeks to Engage Students on Pressing Social Ills
A group of 45 colleges and universities in California was selected to participate in a new statewide initiative to involve...
Academic Minute: Are We Biased Against Government?
Today on the Academic Minute: Anna Amirkhanyan, professor of public administration and policy at American University, explores why trust in...
Opinion
Fire Mark Schlissel, but Don’t Troll Him
People deserve to know why he was dismissed, but sharing all the lovey-dovey emails serves no interest except our sadistic desire to feel superior, writes Jonathan Zimmerman.