A University of California academic-governance panel has voted to undo a controversial admissions standard that professors fear is not preparing students for college-level math, just as it is…
Read more The University of California Is Reversing Course on Its ‘Data Science’ Admissions StandardAlmost two years ago, a famous study about a clever way to prompt honest behavior was retracted due to an ironic revelation: It relied on fraudulent data. But…
Read more A Weird Research-Misconduct Scandal About Dishonesty Just Got WeirderThe editors of a prominent neuroscience journal are sending a clear message to their publisher — and, they hope, to the broader academic-publishing community — by resigning en…
Read more ‘It Feels Like Things Are Breaking Open’: High Publishing Charges Spur Neuroscientists to Start Their Own JournalA group of researchers has recommended a new classification system for minority-serving institutions that they hope will ultimately direct more money to colleges that are serving minority students…
Read more What Does It Take to Be a ‘Minority-Serving Institution’?Small campus interventions — like adding hydration stations and making healthy foods more visible — can make a big difference in how students, faculty, and staff feel about…
Read more What Does a Healthy Campus Actually Look Like? A New Study Offers Ideas.Academic institutions spent $89.9 billion on research and development in the 2021 fiscal year, up 4 percent from the year before. Nearly all of the $3.4-billion increase in…
Read more Which Universities Spent the Most Money on Research Last Year?Inside a campus coffee shop at the University of California at Los Angeles, students were hunched over laptops on white plastic tables, armed with cups of coffee. The…
Read more How the Largest Higher-Ed Strike in U.S. History Blew Up FinalsStanford University’s Board of Trustees is overseeing an investigation into the university’s president, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, over allegations that neurobiology papers that he co-authored contain multiple manipulated images, a…
Read more Stanford Is Investigating Its Own President Over Research-Misconduct AllegationsWhen Jana Mathews became an assistant professor of English at Rollins College, she initially struggled to connect with her students. As a specialist in medieval literature, which wasn’t…
Read more This Professor Joined a Sorority. Now She’s Written a Book About the Enduring Appeal of Greek Life.Many regional public colleges were hit hard by the pandemic. At a few such institutions, enrollment declines and financial distress have been so serious that questions have emerged…
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