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Academic Forests Are Hidden Jewels of Higher Ed (opinion)
[ad_1] Forests and other natural areas are more integral to academic life than is widely known. Many academic institutions own and use significant areas…
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Ways to Obsess Over Writing
[ad_1] I have two terminal degrees, but I keep one off my bylines. The Ph.D. in math shows up because I write about math…
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NVIDIA CEO Donates $75M to Vanderbilt San Francisco
[ad_1] Vanderbilt University has received a $75 million gift from NVIDIA President and CEO Jensen Huang and his wife, Lori, for its new San…
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View From an RPU: What Rebuilding Trust Requires (opinion)
[ad_1] Higher education has to rebuild public trust. That much is evident, and many of the ideas to address this challenge are coming out…
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AI Scribes in Medicine Are Short-Circuiting Thinking
[ad_1] As I have now argued in three books and countless columns and articles, I believe that we should view our work as writers through…
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Cancer Took My Parents—and Showed Me How to Teach (opinion)
[ad_1] In 2014, my father was diagnosed with cancer in Kenya. I was thousands of miles away, teaching at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and…
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Try Specs Grading to Motivate Students (opinion)
[ad_1] We have so many theories of motivation—self-efficacy, goal setting, goal orientation, expectancy-value of goal achievement and most recently self-determination—backed by many thousands of…
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NWCCU Announces Split From C-RAC
[ad_1] The Trump administration ended the system of regional accreditation in 2019. That change is now fueling some updates at higher ed’s top accreditors.…
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Go Ahead: Hang Your Paper on Your Office Door (opinion)
[ad_1] Last year, after finally publishing a paper I had been working on for months, I did something I had never done before: I…
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Larry Summers Resigns as Epstein Files Fallout Continues
[ad_1] Summers has said he is “deeply ashamed” of his actions and takes responsibility for continuing to communicate with Epstein. Kevin Dietsch/Staff/Getty Images Former…
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DOJ Sues UC, Alleging ‘Hostile Work Environment’ for Jews
[ad_1] The Trump administration began targeting UCLA last year through research funding cuts. Juliana Yamada/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images The Justice Department sued the University…
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Florida Hands Down Sociology Curriculum to State Colleges
[ad_1] Beginning this summer, professors at Florida’s 28 public colleges must use a state curriculum framework to teach their introduction to sociology courses. Aligned…
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Ed Department Weaponizes FERPA to Restrict Voting (opinion)
[ad_1] Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Education sent a letter to every college and university president with the goal of continuing its…
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Severing Military’s Ties With Harvard Is a Mistake (opinion)
[ad_1] Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced this month that the Department of Defense will no longer send active-duty military for graduate-level professional military…
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After Research, Tennessee Lawmaker Drops Bill to End Tenure
[ad_1] A Tennessee state lawmaker dropped his bill to end tenure, but said, “We’ll maybe be back.” rruntsch | iStock | Getty Images Plus…
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NIH Director Will Be Acting CDC Chief; O’Neill to Head NSF
[ad_1] Jay Bhattacharya is now also acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images The National Institutes of Health…
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Can We Please Stop Calling Them “Elite” Colleges? (column)
[ad_1] I often feel like the skunk at a garden party. That’s not uncommon for journalists: Our job frequently requires us to ask hard…
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CBO: Pell Grant Facing $11.5B Shortfall
[ad_1] Last year, analysts projected a significant long-term budget shortfall for the Pell Grant program—the first in more than a decade—sending shock waves through…
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DOJ Sues Harvard
[ad_1] The Trump administration filed a lawsuit Friday accusing Harvard University of failing to comply with a federal investigation into whether its admissions processes…
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Virginia Tech Bans University-Funded Affinity Graduations
[ad_1] Virginia Tech said the move aligns with unspecified Education Department guidance. Tim Pennington/Getty Images Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University has banned university-funded…