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Academic Minute: Lying to Government Officials
Today on the Academic Minute, Austin Sarat, professor of jurisprudence and political science at Amherst College, explores why this law...
Opinion
Rethinking Remediation
Effective developmental education should be based on meeting students where they are and building on their strengths, writes Elaine P. Maimon.
Border Patrol Arrests Professor on Harboring Charge
Scott Daniel Warren, an environmental studies instructor at Arizona State University, was arrested in southern Arizona last week on a...
Opinion
Collaborating to Find Solutions Out of Remediation
We should better inform students about the placement exam and allow them to retest after they've received more instruction, write W. Theory Thompson and Danae McLeod.
The 2018 Inside Higher Ed Survey of Chief Academic Officers
Provosts are generally confident of free speech rights at their own colleges and universities, but many are worried about the...
Impact of Stigma on Students' Mental Health
A new study published in the journal Social Science and Medicine finds wide variation in how much stigma students feel...
Homeless Students
Homeless students may be hiding in plain sight. In today's Academic Minute, Villanova University's Stacey Havlik examines how schools can...
Kicked Out for Racism
Civil liberties supporters want University of Alabama president to reverse expulsion of student who posted racist rants, saying her First Amendment rights were violated.