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Climate Change and Health Care
Gaps in health-care access for vulnerable populations are closing around the globe. In today's Academic Minute, Dartmouth College's Chelsey Kivland...
Tenure Under Threat in Kentucky
Late addition to budget bill would allow dismissal of tenured professors due to program changes or eliminations, ending protections previously adopted by college boards. Move comes as tenure rights are eroding elsewhere.
When Grants Turn to Loans
More than 6 in 10 recipients of the TEACH Grant, created to attract instructors for high-need subjects in low-income schools, have seen those grants convert to loans after they fail to meet eligibility standards, Department of Education report finds.
Tuition Grows in Importance
Annual report on public higher education finance shows more states relying more heavily on tuition, even in a year when appropriations rose nationally.
Academic Minute: Climate Change and Health Care
Today on the Academic Minute, Chelsey Kivland, assistant professor of anthropology at Dartmouth College, examines how climate change could reopen...
A Racial Slur in a White Sport
Virginia Tech's women's lacrosse team has come under fire for singing a song with a repeated racial slur, leading many to say the incident highlights a lack of diversity in the game.
President Investigated After Anonymous Tip Alleges Plagiarism
Hobart and William Smith Colleges have begun an investigation after an anonymous emailer accused President Gregory J. Vincent of plagiarism...
Modest Gains in Faculty Salaries
Pay is up 1.7 percent, CUPA-HR study finds, with slightly larger increases for those off the tenure track -- who tend to earn much less.