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Is business education too focused on money and not humanity? A business professor weighs in.
Scholars explain what affirmative action is – and isn’t – as well as what its effects are, and why, among others, the military has supported it for decades.
Views on death and the afterlife vary from person to person and culture to culture. This course gives US Air Force cadets a broad perspective on mortality and its effects on people and society.
The author of a book collecting the experiences of college professors who teach in prisons explains how they are changed by the experience.
Indigenous people’s languages were largely lost as a result of forced assimilation efforts in the U.S. Here’s why one tribal leader says the languages should be brought back.
America’s selective colleges and universities become less diverse if the Supreme Court shoots down affirmative action in higher education, an expert on the subject warns.
A philosophy professor looks at the learning styles of different creatures to gain insight into curiosity among human beings.
There are benefits to taking college classes in the metaverse, but there are also potential problems.
Colleges must notify students when the school is placed on probation by its accrediting agency. Do students respond by staying away?
While most endorsement deals go to college athletes at schools with big-time sports programs, new research has found
community college athletes could profit as well.
College students who are focused on career goals and personal growth – and growth for others – tend to fare better academically, new research finds.
Sitting in the front row of a lecture hall could become obsolete as more colleges and universities enter the metaverse.
An analysis of college applications reveals that 3% of US students use pronouns other than the traditional “he” or “she” binary.
Some states fund their public colleges based on how well the schools perform on key metrics. New research raises questions about how that affects outcomes for students from different racial groups.
A negative environment dissuades many women engineering students from staying in the field. Can colleges and universities do anything to reverse the trend?
An increasing number of college students say they were victims or perpetrators of sexual assault – and that victims were drunk when the assault took place. Are campus drinking environments to blame?
Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish and Muslim student organizations are rarities at most colleges and universities. An expert delves into why.
Students of color graduate at higher rates when they go to colleges where there are larger portions of the student body and faculty who are also of color.
Just what does it mean for students to feel as if they “belong” on campus? A researcher weighs in.
The Pell Grant would have to be doubled in order for its purchasing power to be anywhere near what it used to be, a scholar observes.



















