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Lawsuits Threaten Biden’s Debt-Relief Plan
The Biden administration is contending with four lawsuits while preparing for the rollout of its ambitious debt-relief program.
Professors’ Protest Prompts Return of Rutgers’ Mask Mandate
Indoor masking is once again mandatory at Rutgers University—at least for now. Just two days after the New Brunswick, N.J...
Illinois State VP Dies After Campus Bike Collision
Illinois State University announced last week that Adam Peck, the assistant vice president for student affairs, died after being struck...
Opinion
COVID Conferences: Vulnerable Scholars Needn’t Apply
In scrapping remote options for conferences, academia has set out on a dangerous trajectory, Shira Lurie and Nicole Schroeder write.
3 Share Nobel in Chemistry
The Nobel Prize in chemistry will be shared by three scholars “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.”...
On the Syllabus: Lana, Taylor, Tyler Perry
Professors are teaching their Gen Z students literary analysis and critical thinking through courses on celebrities like Harry Styles and Taylor Swift. The music’s good, too.
Antisemitism and Social Media Algorithms: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Sabine von Mering, professor of German and women’s, gender and sexuality studies at Brandeis University...
New Presidents or Provosts: National U, Northeast College of Health Sciences, Northern Michigan U, State U System of Florida, U of Cambridge, U of Connecticut
Anne E. Killen, vice president of academic affairs at Northeast College of Health Sciences, in New York, has been promoted...