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A Key (State) to Completion
California’s public colleges are partnering more with foundations to achieve completion goals, and while resistance among faculty members remains, the previously rocky relationship appears to have improved.
Northwestern Professor Wanted in Stabbing Death
Chicago authorities have issued first-degree murder arrest warrants for a Northwestern University professor and an employee of the University of...
Bacteria
Bacteria are everywhere, but how much do we know about these tiny machines? Today on the Academic Minute, Hampshire College’s...
Preparing for Scrutiny
U of Texas prevailed in affirmative action case in large part because of its research. Will other colleges be able to match that analysis? And will legal and political battles change if focus is on rejected Asian-American applicants?
Time to Reset Tuition?
Deep cuts in tuition rates are a hot topic for private college administrators worried that their high sticker prices are scaring away students, but experts warn against gimmicky strategies.
Caltech Professor Found Guilty of Harassment Resigns
Christian Ott, a California Institute of Technology professor whose harassment of female graduate students was documented in a BuzzFeed News...
Philosophy Group Moves Meeting Out of Texas
Another academic association has dropped Texas as a location to host its conferences. The Public Philosophy Network’s 2018 conference will...
Academic Minute: Bacteria
Today on the Academic Minute, Megan Dobro, assistant professor of human biology at Hampshire College, explores how we’re learning more...