Education
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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Education
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…
Education
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…
Education
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…
Education
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…
Business
‘More fizzle than sparkle’: June jobs report fails to launch a July 4 firework | Fortune
[ad_1] June’s jobs report did not just miss expectations; it also complicated the story economists had been telling about a labor market that might…
Education
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…
Education
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…
Education
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.…
Education
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…
Tampa Bay, Florida Local News
St. Pete wants to expand the Maritime and Defense Technology Hub
[ad_1] ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A St. Petersburg City Council committee took the first steps on Thursday to potentially give voters the chance in November…
Education
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…
Finance
Younger workers favour expertise over leadership roles
[ad_1] “I think for this generation, there’s more prestige in being really good at what you do versus being in charge of people,” said…
Education
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…
Education
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…
Education
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…
Education
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…
Education
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…
Education
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…
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Local News
Penn officials, graduate student workers reach tentative deal after nearly 2 years of negotiations
[ad_1] University of Pennsylvania graduate student workers and the school reached a tentative contract agreement Tuesday morning to avoid a strike. The deal, which…