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‘A Hero and a Role Model’
A professor of advanced manufacturing volunteered seven days a week to produce face shields for health-care workers. He died Tuesday of complications with COVID-19.
MIT Professor Arrested on Charges of Grant Fraud
An engineering professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology was arrested Thursday on charges of failing to disclose contracts, appointments and...
Multinational Corporations and Women’s Economic Empowerment
When big corporations try to do good, some question their motives. In today's Academic Minute, part of Bentley University Week...
Great Recession Graduates: Where Are They Now?
One in five of those receiving bachelor's degrees in 2007-08 had negative net worth in 2018, and 14 percent couldn't pay essential expenses.
Complicit?
Faculty and students at the University of Michigan are calling on a regent to resign due to his leadership role in the Republican Party and rhetoric around the 2020 election and Capitol violence.
Out-of-Classroom Comments, Classroom Trouble
At Texas A&M, complaints about professors' protected speech turned into investigations into their classroom conduct, with career-altering results.
Opinion
The Problem With Student Loan Amnesty
It empties the bucket without repairing the hole in the roof, argues Mitchell D. Weiss, who offers recommendations for what he thinks should be done instead.
Why Presidents Say What They Say
College presidents issued statements both bland and blistering after last week's storming of the U.S. Capitol. Examining the thought process used to craft their words offers understanding into their true values.