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Beneficiaries of the DeVos Delay
Seizing on a narrow court order affecting cosmetology programs, education secretary delayed key provisions of gainful-employment regulations. But the suspended provisions will affect a broad range of vocational programs with questionable outcomes.
Mississippi Will Rename Building, Add Context to Others
The University of Mississippi announced Thursday that it will rename one campus building and add contextual information about a number...
Attorneys General Sue DeVos
Led by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, 18 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against Education Secretary...
Illinois Gets a Budget After 2-Year Impasse
The Illinois House of Representatives voted Thursday to override a gubernatorial veto of a package of budget bills, ending a...
Brazilian Wax Question Lands Professor in Hot Water
Howard University has found a professor of law guilty of sexual harassment in relation to a 2015 test question involving...
Newly Tenured … at MIT, Wesleyan, Winthrop
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Polina Anikeeva, materials science and engineering Cullen Buie, mechanical engineering Mircea Dincă, chemistry Liang Fu, physics...
Net Neutrality Battle
Questions about funding and disclosure surround article advocating more economic analysis at the FCC, ahead of major moves by Trump appointees to roll back net neutrality rules.
Opinion
How Undergraduate Research Drives Science Forward
Unfair biases lead to the undervaluation of the role of such research in the advancement of knowledge, write David S. Rovnyak and George C. Shields.