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Latin Alive!
Is Latin a dead language? In today's Academic Minute, part of Cornell University Week, Dan Gallagher makes the case that...
Calm Before the Storm
The NSF’s new data on Ph.D.s earned in 2019 include some bright spots, including gains for underrepresented minority groups. But COVID-19 threatens to wreak havoc on soon-to-be and recent Ph.D.s for years to come, experts say.
A Bad Fit or a Hostile Culture?
A Black professor at Calvin University says colleagues discriminated against her in denying tenure. University says its processes produced “just results.”
NIH Announces New Funding for Diverse Scholars
The National Institutes of Health on Tuesday announced that they will offer new support to institutions to recruit diverse cohorts...
Opinion
When Polling Fails, Read a Book
Transformative texts offer us a way to confront the mystery of the human condition and, in our current context, what we don’t understand about American politics, writes Tamara Mann Tweel.
Law Professor Says He Was Suspended Without Cause
John Banzhaf, an outspoken professor of law at George Washington University, says he was involuntarily put on leave for the...
11th-Hour Policy and Politics
A new Department of Education hotline for reporting free speech violations on college campuses is under fire by higher education advocates who say it is unnecessary and lacks legal authority.
Library Leaders Brace for Budget Cuts
Academic library survey reveals widespread budget cuts during the COVID-19 pandemic and concern about long-term financial recovery.