Journal’s plan to review preprints aims to kill ‘desk rejects’
eLife editor says radical shift would help readers judge the real value of research, not just where it is published
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American University official says it plans to mandate use of preferred pronouns
American University’s Center for Diversity and Inclusion would like to require faculty to address students by their “chosen name and pronouns,” so as to make transgender, genderqueer and gender non-conforming students feel welcome.
Journalism prof: ‘I’m sick to death of the Second Amendment…’
An Arizona State University professor tweeted in the wake of two deadly mass shootings that he is "sick to death of the Second Amendment."
Baltimore universities struggle to help as Trump attacks city
Decades of racial division hindering academia’s ability to alleviate poverty
Remedial Education Fixes Won’t Cure Completion Crisis
Even Tennessee's promising remedial math reform does little to boost college completion, new study finds, calling for more effective models as part of suite of student success efforts.
Rewriting the Rules for Accreditors
Many regulatory changes sought by the Trump administration in an accreditation overhaul reflect shortcomings found at for-profit accreditor restored by Betsy DeVos.
George Mason U. students still enraged over Prof. Kavanaugh, protest ‘rapist’ hire with tweetstorm
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is slated today to wrap up his two-week summer course called “Creation of the Constitution,” which he co-taught in England, where the Magna Carta was sealed, as a distinguished visiting law professor for George Mason University.
Princeton history prof: Trump is a ‘greater danger’ than notorious segregationist
Princeton history professor Kevin M. Kruse compared President Donald Trump to former Alabama governor and prominent segregationist George C. Wallace.
Major universities are starting to offer cannabis degree programs
A big challenge for employers in the nearly $14 billion global market for legal marijuana is not a shortage of applicants but the shortage of qualified applicants.
How free college works in a red state like Texas
Free college has become a progressive hallmark for Democrats vying for the US White House in 2020. Practically all of the top contenders back some form of tuition-free higher education, one response to the country’s $1.5 trillion student debt problem.
