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Houston Dean Accused of Racial, LGBTQ Harassment
Two preliminary investigation reports allege “microaggressions, slights, double entendre and boorish behavior.”
Harvard Morgue Manager Indicted for Stealing Human Remains
The manager of a morgue at Harvard Medical School allegedly stole human body parts that had been donated for educational...
Sharing Vaccine Intellectual Property: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Nicole Hassoun, professor of philosophy at Binghamton University, uses the lens of fighting off the...
Equity, Data and the In-Person/Online Divide
Hybrid assessment efforts are needed to help institutions identify—and act on—different outcomes for online versus residential students, Joshua Travis Brown and Joseph M. Kush argue.
Trivializing Teaching and Oversimplifying Economics
A flawed and foolish effort to quantify the cost of minutes of teaching.
Wisconsin Republicans Want to Kill Diversity Funding
Funding for the University of Wisconsin system is being held up by Republicans, who control the Legislature and who want...
U of Vermont Launches Open-Access Press
The University of Vermont has launched an open-access university press. Fully funded by the university and overseen by UVM Libraries...
Supporting the Entrepreneurial Goals of College Students With Disabilities
Higher ed institutions can work more effectively and closely with disabled students who have entrepreneurial goals, writes Diego Mariscal, who founded a nonprofit start-up accelerator for business owners with disabilities while still in school. He recommends three actions to help.