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The First Commercial Space Firm -- in 1962
What was COMSAT? In today's Academic Minute, Robert Edgell of SUNY Polytechnic Institute goes back to the space race to...
Texas Gets 7th Public University System
Texas Woman's University plans to hire two additional presidents to lead the soon-to-be-independent institutions in Dallas and Houston.
Undemocratic Civics at Purdue?
Some professors say the university is pursuing a civics literacy requirement against the will of the faculty and in so doing giving students the wrong message.
Colleges Report Increases in International Applications
Forty-three percent of colleges reported an increase in applications from international students from 2020, according to a survey from the...
Rhodes Will Charge $1,500 a Semester for Unvaccinated
Rhodes College will charge students who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 a $1,500 fee per semester, The Memphis Commercial Appeal...
U of Utah Receives $110 Million for Medical School
The University of Utah announced a gift of $110 million for its School of Medicine from the George S. and...
DOJ will Defend Title IX Exemption in LGBTQ+ Student Suit
The Department of Justice said in a court filing this week that it intends to “vigorously” defend an exemption to...
Irish President Warns of ‘Market-Driven’ Universities
He says campuses “have suffered attrition of range and depth, loss of interdisciplinary exchange, leading in too many cases to a degradation of the very scholarship and teaching for which they were established.”