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Rhodes Settles Sex Assault Lawsuits
Rhodes College has settled with two students who were expelled after being accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a...
Belief in Gender Bias and Promotions for Women
A new study based on actual academic hiring data says that committees whose members don't believe in gender bias are...
Is International Student Drop Trump's Fault? Only Partially
Last year’s 6.6 percent drop in enrollment of international students at American colleges is due to more than just apprehensions...
Minority Students and Science Achievement
Those who teach and learn science could use more diversity. In today's Academic Minute, part of Back to School Week...
What the Common App Does
Study finds that applications go up, yield goes down … and (maybe) SAT scores go up a bit for colleges in the program.
Pro-Antifa Professor Out in Iowa
Kirkwood Community College announces that a professor sympathetic to Antifa and critical of evangelical Christians won't be teaching this year, due to safety concerns.
Questionable Rejection
Sociologist says journal dismissed her paper because she'd shared it elsewhere as a preprint -- even though the publication had a pro-preprint policy. How often does this happen?
Nudging Doesn't Scale Nationally
Repeated text message, email and mail reminders from a state's college system and the Common Application did not prompt more students to go to college or apply for FAFSA, a study finds.