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John Girton Jr. has been named executive vice president and chief of staff at Martin University in Indianapolis.
Fewer women pursue careers in physics than biology, according to a new Rice University study.
Dr. Kevin M. Guskiewicz will become the next president of Michigan State University.
Florida’s attacks on DEI and “woke” disciplines shows disregard for academic standards of governance and academic freedom.
Dr. John B. Slaughter, former chancellor of the University of Maryland, College Park, has died at the age of 89.
S. Brooke Vick has been named vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania.
Intentional and ongoing engagement and care are part of the Kansas State University Community College Leadership Program culture...
Karen Jones has been appointed associate dean and director of the Graduate School at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Southern New Hampshire University President and CEO Dr. Paul J. LeBlanc has announced that he will step down from the role on...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s proposed 2024-2025 budget includes a designated $2.5 million each for four HBCUs for “facility hardening...
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Liberal-leaning professors are leaving coveted jobs with tenure. And there are signs that recruiting scholars has become harder.
In a global exam for 15-year-olds, only a handful of places, including Singapore, Japan and Australia, kept math performance high through the pandemic.
In a congressional hearing, the presidents of the universities parried accusations that their institutions had tolerated bias against Jews.
To receive a modest speaker’s fee, academics and writers must sign a pledge that they will not participate in anti-Israel boycotts. The author Nathan Thrall said no thank you.
Hunter’s cancellation of a screening of the documentary “Israelism” had caused an outcry among faculty members and students, who said it was a violation of academic freedom.
There are now federal investigations into complaints of discrimination at several colleges.
Students for Justice in Palestine, which was founded at Berkeley, has fueled activism, and, critics say, intimidation and antisemitism.
Florida education officials moved to ban chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine, but critics say it’s a clear cut violation of the First Amendment.
This year, taxpayers paid the nonprofit at least $90 million for A.P. tests that many students failed.
Pro-Palestinian students say that they are speaking up for an oppressed people, but critics say that their rhetoric is deeply offensive.
The universities are trying to address criticism by banning pro-Palestinian student groups, condemning slogans and starting task forces to address antisemitism.
Culture battles on gender and race did not seem to move many voters.
A nonprofit group is trying to stop a new state law requiring “the science of reading,” underscoring how money and ideology influence the national debate.
After years of hand-wringing about their future, liberal arts departments now face the chopping block. At risk: French, German, American studies and women’s studies.
The authorities opened the inquiry after an Arab Muslim student said that a driver struck him with an S.U.V. as he walked on campus.
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