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Notre Dame Ends Access to Birth Control Coverage
The University of Notre Dame is ending the ability of its employees and students to access birth control coverage with...
Wisconsin-Superior Will End 9 Majors
The University of Wisconsin Superior on Tuesday announced that it will no longer let students start nine academic majors, 15...
Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic cancer is a dire diagnosis. In today's Academic Minute, California State University Northridge's Jonathan Kelber discusses a new effort...
Jerry Falwell Jr.’s Parable of Talents
Falwell calls Liberty University the Fox News of academia. But where is one of President Trump’s staunchest supporters taking the university he and his family built?
When Professors Cross Lines
Senior faculty members on three campuses face disciplinary action or resign over harassment allegations. Some observers see movement in the right direction but say academe still has a ways to go in ending the “academic casting couch.”
Chinese Universities Set Up Centers for Xi Thought
At least 20 Chinese universities have established research institutes focused on the ideology of Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping...
Opinion
We Demand…
In We Demand: The University and Student Protests, Roderick A. Ferguson's understanding of the campus activism of the 1960s and ’70s rests on a clear sense of the university as a crucial part of the social machine, writes Scott McLemee.
Investigation Into Columbia Protesters Dropped
Columbia University dropped on Tuesday its disciplinary investigation into 16 students who disrupted a campus speaker last month. The investigation...