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Cultural Survival Happens One Word at a Time
Saving languages from eradication is a tall task as time goes on. In today’s Academic Minute, Emerson College’s Mneesha Gellman...
When a Criminology Student Turns Criminal
The man accused of murdering four University of Idaho students was pursuing a Ph.D. in criminology. Academics in his field say it’s a mistake to connect his scholarship to the brutal crime.
Preaching to, and Challenging, the Liberal Arts Choir
In a conversation with presidents of small private colleges, tech company executives praise graduates’ leadership and critical thinking ability but say they need to develop skills for a first job, too.
HEROES Act at Center of Debt-Relief Legal Fight
Executive overreach or legal use of statutory authority? That will be a key question for the U.S. Supreme Court to consider when it hears arguments in two debt-relief lawsuits early this year.
New Hope Center Report on the ‘College SNAP Gap’
A new report released by the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice at Temple University offers guidance to state...
Foxx Wins Chair of House Ed and Workforce Committee
Representative Virginia Foxx is returning to the top post on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce following a...
UW Madison Scholar Resigns Amid Ancestry Scandal
Kay LeClaire, a Wisconsin artist and activist accused of faking various Native American identities, resigned as the University of Wisconsin at Madison’s first ever community leader in residence at the School of Human Ecology and the Center for Design and Material Culture. Critics say LeClaire is white with no Native American ancestry.
Cultural Survival Happens One Word at a Time: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Mneesha Gellman, associate professor of political science in the Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts and...