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FACULTY FUROR

Nikole Hannah-Jones Readies Legal Challenge Amid Stalled UNC Tenure Bid

By Lindsay Ellis

Lawyers representing the prize-winning journalist sent a letter to state leaders and the University of North Carolina, the latest move in her controversial tenure case.

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How Many Black Women Have Tenure on Your Campus? Search Here

By Audrey Williams June and Brian O’Leary

The stalled tenure bid by Nikole Hannah-Jones at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has shined a light on the anemic rates at which colleges award tenure to Black female professors.

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Some Colleges Are Loosening Their Mask Mandates: Here’s a List

By Rachel Cieri Mull

As Covid-case counts drop and more people are vaccinated, a growing number of colleges are relaxing their requirements to wear masks.

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

By Andy Thomason and Brian O’Leary

More colleges are mandating vaccinations. Here are the ones we know about.

TEACHING

Why an Active-Learning Evangelist Is Sold on Online Teaching

By Beth McMurtrie

Eric Mazur, a high-profile proponent of active learning, wonders if it’s even ethical to move his class back in person.

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How to Jump-Start Your Post-Pandemic Writing Life

By Rachel Toor

The habit of not writing, it turns out, is sadly easy to acquire in a pandemic.

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Strategies for Reviving International Enrollments and Study Abroad
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