Many Ivy League institutions, major research universities, and highly-selective liberal arts colleges across the United States have experienced sharp declines in Black first-year student enrollments since the Supreme Court's 2023 decision to end affirmative action. The post Recent Declines in Black First-Year Enrollments at Highly Selective Colleges and Universities appeared first on The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education.| The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
There are many factors that can impact our eyesight, but one common source of vision loss centers on a blockage in the major vein in the eyeball, which prevents it from draining properly and damages the retina. This is known as retinal vein occlusion, and scientists at Columbia University have…| New Atlas
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.| www.nytimes.com
This essay, on fear as a means of enforcing social order, was my Observer column this week. It was published on 30 March 2025, under the headline “Just like McCarthy, Trump spreads fear everywhere before picking off his targets”. “Gold, mister, is worth what it is because of the human labor that goes into the finding and getting of it.” It’s a line spoken by Walter Huston in the 1948 film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, a story about greed and moral corruption directed […]| Pandaemonium
A recent cyberattack compromised the Social Security numbers and other personal information of students and employees, administrators announced.| EdScoop
Columbia University’s recent suspension and expulsion of more than 70 students for a Palestine demonstration is the latest sign the school’s crackdown on activism is not simply about campus conduct, but appeasing political pressure from Washington.| Mondoweiss
Dr. Kessler taught psychology at Case Western Reserve University for four decades. She had two stints as department chair and was a key faculty member in advancing the university's clinical training opportunities in psychology.| Women In Academia Report
