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Legacies and Life Lessons
As academics continue to die from COVID-19, leaving behind shocked and heartbroken colleagues, the deaths are prompting introspection and discussions about what it means to be an educator.
ACLU, Survivor Advocate Groups Sue Dept. of Education
The American Civil Liberties Union and the law firm Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP filed a lawsuit against the...
Ep 1: Distributing $6.3 Billion in Emergency Aid for Students
To better understand this fast-moving story, Paul Fain, the podcast's host, interviews David Baime, senior vice president for government relations...
Ep 2: What Should a Federal Jobs Bill Do?
Roughly 22 million Americans have filed for unemployment since the crisis began, and the estimated unemployment rate stands at 12...
Ep. 3: Helping Students Avoid Problems with the ‘Asterisk Semester’
The episode features Lilah Burke, a reporter at Inside Higher Ed, who has written about this issue. And to describe...
Happiness Gap for Mothers
Why is there a happiness gap for mothers? In today's Academic Minute, part of University of the South Week, Katie...
A Playbook for a Second-Choice Fall
If physical campuses cannot open, here's how colleges can replicate what makes their in-person experience so valuable, according to the research firm Eduventures.
Not the Same University
Missouri Western cuts 30 percent of the faculty, along with programs in history, political science, sociology, economics, music and more.