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Ballot Measures and Higher Ed
A list of the referendum votes that matter to colleges and universities: bonds, taxes, governance and more.
Academic Minute: Civil Discourse
Today on the Academic Minute, Whitney Manzo, assistant professor of political science at Meredith College, details how getting students thinking...
For-Profits Gave $100,000 to Senator Roy Blunt
Senator Roy Blunt, a Republican from Missouri, has received $100,000 in campaign donations from for-profit colleges and the industry's lobbyists...
Female Enrollments Up in Medical Schools
The number of women matriculating in medical schools rose by 6.2 percent in the fall of 2016, while the number...
More Racist Graffiti at Eastern Michigan
In September, students and others at Eastern Michigan University were shaken by several incidents of racist graffiti being found on...
Harvard Women Respond to Sexist 'Scouting Report'
Six women who were among the subjects of a "scouting report" that made sexist and demeaning rankings of the physical...
Qualified for Election
What makes a candidate qualified for political office? In today's Academic Minute, Shippensburg University's Cynthia Botteron explains how other countries...
‘Deplorable’ NYU Prof on Leave
An NYU professor who used an anonymous Twitter account to criticize the university, trigger warnings, safe spaces and the ‘academic left’ is on paid leave days after his identity was revealed. What happened?