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A New Dimension for Fingerprint Technology
Fingerprints have been used for identification for quite a while, but do they need an update? In today’s Academic Minute...
Ph.D.s Conferred Drop 5.4%
Preliminary data from the NSF indicate that COVID-19 hit Ph.D. production hard in 2021, but job-placement data are surprisingly rosy—just not in academe.
Despite Hopes for a Rebound, Enrollment Falls Again
The decline was less steep than it has been during the pandemic, but an eagerly anticipated recovery did not materialize.
AAUP to Investigate Cuts at Emporia State
The American Association of University Professors announced Wednesday that it has launched an investigation into the cuts at Emporia State...
Texas Weighs Changes to Community College Funding
A Texas commission has recommended that community college funding in the state be directly tied to performance—namely, student graduation rates...
New Programs: Medicine, Spanish, Biophysics, Sports Management
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science is starting an M.D. Oklahoma State University is starting a certificate in...
Report Blasts Early Decision
A report by the group Education Reform Now blasts early-decision admissions programs—in which applicants commit to enroll if admitted—as providing...
Opinion
Let’s Subsidize Intellectual Curiosity Again
The student debt and tuition crises won’t be solved unless we start treating higher education as a public good, Nicole Barbaro writes.