Around the turn of the last century, Sir James Frazer—an eminent Victorian anthropologist of the armchair variety—divided human efforts to understand the world into three broad kinds: magic, religion ...

Speakers at USC and CUNY have withdrawn from commencement ceremonies, while one at Michigan criticized administrators for failing to divest.

The House voted Wednesday to codify a broad definition of antisemitism into federal law. Supporters say it’s necessary to protect Jewish students. Critics worry that it could chill free speech on ...

After threatening to close unless it could raise a whopping $12 million in a matter of weeks, Northland College announced Wednesday that its doors will remain open under a new “refocused model.” ...

The vast potential of generative AI (artificial intelligence), and particularly ChatGPT, has simultaneously inspired and alarmed us and many of our colleagues. ChatGPT is so eager to offer answers, it ...

Let’s educate, not just validate. We need to revive the true purpose of a college education, which is not just a credential or a job, but to produce graduates who are life-ready. Let’s reclaim the ...

Faculty and free expression groups are sounding alarms about threatened limitations and crackdowns on professors’ speech and student protests.

The pro-Palestinian protests on many college campuses are dividing opinions—especially between younger and older adults—with nearly half of those responding to a new online survey opposing the ...

Today on the Academic Minute: Shamma A. Alam, associate professor of economics and chairperson of the department of international studies at Dickinson College, examines how pandemic lockdowns affected ...

Women also made up the majority (58 percent) of non–tenure track faculty in 2023, a 2.5 percent increase since the 2016–17 academic year. Faculty of color in those positions increased 24 percent from ...

After Students for Justice in Palestine showed a movie on campus at Piedmont Virginia Community College, a local county suspended funding for the college.

A new report from the Association of Governing Board of Universities and Colleges (AGB) outlined the top strategic issues for boards and senior leaders, revealing a sector beset by myriad challenges.