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What the Election Results Mean for Higher Ed

If Republicans maintain their slight edge in the race for the House of Representatives, look for an uptick in scrutiny of student-debt relief, Title IX, and other higher-ed issues. → Read More

U. of Florida Stops Professors From Participating in Voting-Rights Suit, Raising Cries of Censorship

The university called the faculty members’ proposed work “adverse to the university’s interests.” A national faculty leader called the prohibition an “attempt to muzzle” these professors. → Read More

The Confounding Case of Jan Boxill

The Chapel Hill professor was implicated in an infamous scandal. To focus on her culpability is to miss a disturbing truth about higher education in America. → Read More

Student Journalists, Register for Our 2021 Virtual Reporting Workshop

Participants, who can register and attend free, will have the opportunity to take part in several sessions on reporting strategies, finding troves of data, and the writing craft. → Read More

FDA Approval of Covid Vaccine Is Reportedly Imminent, With Big Implications for Colleges

The Food and Drug Administration may give full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine as soon as Monday. A slew of vaccine requirements from colleges may follow. → Read More

After Controversial Delay, UNC Awards Tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones

The development was a dramatic turnabout in the saga that has come to symbolize public colleges’ vulnerability to political forces in a polarized country. → Read More

The UNC Scandal No One Talks About

The Nikole Hannah-Jones case has Black scholars asking if they’re welcome. It’s not the first time. → Read More

New CDC Guidance: Colleges Where ‘Everyone Is Vaccinated’ Can Return to Full, In-Person Learning

The new federal guidance also provides recommendations for campuses where not everyone is vaccinated. → Read More

Her ‘1619 Project’ Is a Political Lightning Rod. It May Have Cost Her Tenure.

The decision by UNC’s Board of Trustees not to consider Nikole Hannah-Jones for tenure departed from precedent and outraged professors on campus. → Read More

Here’s a List of Colleges That Will Require Students to Be Vaccinated Against Covid-19

More colleges are announcing that they will require students to be vaccinated. Here are the ones we know about. → Read More

Wayne State U. Suspends In-Person Activity Amid Virus Surge

Michigan has seen a higher per-capita increase in new Covid-19 cases over the last week than any other state. → Read More

Bates College Orders Students to Shelter in Place After Sudden Case Spike

The Maine campus has reported at least 34 active cases in the college’s isolation housing and 50 more students — who may have been exposed to the coronavirus — in quarantine. → Read More

U. of Pittsburgh Orders Students to Shelter in Place After Positive Cases in 13 Dorms

“Previously, most of the spread was off campus,” the faculty-senate president told the university’s student newspaper. “However, it seems like we now have an outbreak on campus.” → Read More

Oregon State President Resigns Amid Criticism of Past Handling of Sexual Misconduct

In stepping down, F. King Alexander joins a list of college presidents whose reputations were marred by the nexus of sexual misconduct and big-time college sports. → Read More

His New Job on the Line, This President Unleashed a Scorched-Earth Critique of His Old Campus

Oregon State University trustees placed F. King Alexander on probation Wednesday. But not before he unloaded on Louisiana State University, where his past handling of sexual-assault accusations is under scrutiny. → Read More

Bob Jones U. Drops Classroom Mask Requirement

The university’s president said the campus’s test-positivity rate had dropped by 90 percent recently, and cited several other reasons for relaxing restrictions. → Read More

DeVos Resigns Over Trump’s Incitement of Capitol Mob

“There is no mistaking the impact” of the president’s rhetoric on the violence, the education secretary said, “and it is the inflection point for me.” → Read More

What Higher Ed Needs to Know About Miguel Cardona, Biden’s Pick for Education Secretary

The Connecticut education commissioner is the first in his family to attend college, a former adjunct, and a longtime advocate of public education. → Read More

Notre Dame’s President Went Unmasked at White House, Then Tested Positive. Now He’s Under Fire.

The revelation that the Rev. John I. Jenkins had tested positive brought calls for his resignation and charges of a double standard by Notre Dame. → Read More

Falwell Resigns Following Reports of Tryst. Or Does He?

The news followed a report that he was in a sexual relationship that included his wife and the attendant. Falwell denied involvement and said he had not resigned. → Read More