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Delta State Takes Down Mississippi Flag
Delta State University, which has been the last public university in Mississippi to fly the state flag, announced Thursday that...
Campaign Songs
Political candidates are marketed to voters using the magic of music. In today's Academic Minute, Seton Hall University's Paul Christiansen...
Phoenix Sale Delayed, Not Dead
Investors fret that the Education Department's lengthy scrutiny of the U of Phoenix's proposed sale means the deal might be nixed. Politics and optics might be reasons for the delay.
Punishing a Professor for Blackface
University of Oregon suspends faculty member while investigating her conduct at a Halloween party. Many of her colleagues demand she resign. Legally, can she be sanctioned?
Opinion
A Call for Flexible Name-Change Policies
A major concern for trans people today is the process of legally changing one’s name, as well as one’s gender marker, on official college records, writes Katriel Paige.
Opinion
Creating Trans-Inclusive Curricula
Stacy Jane Grover gives advice on how to avoid curriculum choices that exoticize, tokenize and discipline the experiences of transgender and gender-nonconforming students.
Opinion
Market Value in Language, Literature and Culture
We should be able to articulate clearly how English and literature studies prepare our students for the world, argues Laurence Musgrove, who offers some specific ways to do so.
Historic Fine for Penn State
Identifying a football culture that protected athletes and officials, the Education Department will fine Penn State U nearly $2.4 million for failing to notify students about assistant coach charged with sex abuse and for failing to disclose other campus crimes.