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Stalagmites, Monsoons and Climate Change
We can look underground to comprehend climate change. In today's Academic Minute, part of Cornell College Week, Rhawn Denniston discusses...
Evaluating Teaching During the Pandemic
Some colleges are changing how they collect and consider student ratings of instructors, citing the COVID-19-driven move online. Might that undermine a widely criticized (and used) tool?
Professor Pay Is Flat -- Again
Academic work is harder than ever, but professor pay was static year over year and probably won't be improving any time soon, according to the AAUP's annual salary report. Usual suspects offer biggest salaries.
Dorm Evictions for the Public Good
Colleges are clearing out student dorms to make room for patients and health-care workers as the coronavirus pandemic overwhelms hospitals. The process has not gone smoothly for students.
Opinion
Retaining High-Risk Students Amid the Coronavirus
Higher education needs a national coalition to tackle two goals: keeping and recruiting students, especially those at risk, and building a digital infrastructure for the long haul, writes Peter McPherson.
New Programs: Public Health, Sustainable Energy, Law, Accounting, Organizational Leadership
Georgetown University is starting a master of law and technology program. Hood College is starting a bachelor's degree in public...
Coronavirus News Roundup for April 8
Everything you need to know for Wednesday about higher ed and the coronavirus in one easy-to-read package (with some distractions to help your sanity).
Academic Minute: Stalagmites, Monsoons and Climate Change
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Cornell College Week, Rhawn Denniston, professor of geology, discusses how Earth’s history is...