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Texas State Fires Tenured Professor for Sexual Misconduct
Texas State University’s Board of Regents has voted to fire a tenured professor for sexual misconduct against four faculty members...
Academic Minute: Brain Performance in Kids With Autism
Today on the Academic Minute, part of New York Institute of Technology Week, Alexander Lopez, associate professor of occupational therapy...
Opinion
Simple Fixes for Income-Driven Repayment
Income-driven repayment plans are a crucial safety net for student loan borrowers, but they include well-known design flaws. Jessica Thompson and Michele Streeter write about bipartisan solutions to improve the plans.
Treatment for Psychiatric Illnesses
New psychiatric therapies are needed. In today's Academic Minute, part of New York Institute of Technology Week, Navin Pokala, assistant...
Effort to Increase Pell Enrollment Slows
Initiative aimed at increasing Pell-eligible student enrollment at high-performing colleges is doing well. But a sudden plateau in progress shows hard choices colleges may need to make to move forward.
Bloomberg's Take on Higher Ed
Candidate for Democratic presidential nomination proposes limited debt cancellation, tuition-free four-year college for low-income students and doubling Pell's maximum award.
Course Hero Woos Professors
The company's website for sharing course materials is popular with students but a decade ago raised faculty hackles over copyright and enabling cheating. Has its outreach to professors changed the narrative?
Med Schools Use Unconscious Women for Pelvic Exam Practice
Some medical schools instruct students to practice pelvic exams on female patients who are under anesthesia for surgery. Though most...