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Academic Minute: Quantum Supremacy
Today on the Academic Minute, Sebastian Deffner, assistant professor of physics at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, explores quantum...
Jerusalem Protests at Middle East Universities
President Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital is setting off protests in the Middle East, a number of...
Pastors and Health
Are you a healthy person? In today's Academic Minute, part of Whitworth University Week, Elizabeth Abbey examines how complicated the...
Who Changes Majors? (Not Who You Think)
Graduates with math degrees fare well on the job market, but a greater share of students leave the major than any other, new federal data show. Are those students making a bad choice?
‘Holding Space’ for Victims of Harassment
What can a crowdsourced survey of sexual harassment in academe tell us about the problem?
Watergate, Rebooted
Impeachment: A Citizen’s Guide, by Cass R. Sunstein, is not an attempt to rally the public to any particular cause but rather a tribute to the Founding Fathers’ wisdom, writes Scott McLemee.
Setting an Example
After a student’s death following a fraternity party, and the subsequent suspension of Greek life, Florida State’s president has stopped serving alcohol at functions he hosts and is asking faculty and staff not to serve alcohol at on-campus holiday parties.
House Republican Opposes Grad Student Tax
Representative Pete Sessions, a Texas Republican, on Thursday circulated a letter to House colleagues urging GOP leaders to exclude from...