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STATE POLITICS

The Academic Concept Conservative Lawmakers Love to Hate

By Emma Pettit

How critical race theory became Enemy No. 1 in the battle against higher ed.

CAMPUS HEALTH

These Colleges Won’t Mandate a Covid-19 Vaccine. Instead, They’ll Try to Entice.

By Francie Diep

Some institutions are telling students they can have a more in-person fall if a certain percentage of the campus gets immunized voluntarily. Will such incentives work?

NOW MORE THAN 340

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 announcing that they will require students to be vaccinated. Here are the ones we know about.

STANDARDIZED TESTING

Georgia’s Public Universities Will Reinstate ACT/SAT Requirement

By Eric Hoover

The tests were dropped during the pandemic’s height, but students applying for admission for the spring of 2022 and beyond will need to submit standardized-test scores.

THE REVIEW

Stephen Hawking and the Billionaires

By Charles Seife

Why the physicist cozied up to the fabulously wealthy.

Virtual Events: Tune In Live

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Keep students involved in the learning process. Register here for Tuesday’s forum on how the pandemic has changed active learning and how it will look in the fall.

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ADVICE

Admin 101: How to Interpret a Job Candidate’s Cover Letter

By David D. Perlmutter

As a hiring administrator, your goal is to efficiently, presciently, and justly read applicants’ cover letters.

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NeuroReality™: Using Technology to Make Us More Human

Applying his expertise to prosthetics, Case Western Reserve Biomedical Engineering Professor Dustin Tyler is utilizing advanced technology to create an avatar system that can transport human presence to a remote location in real time.

Today's Global Campus

Strategies for Reviving International Enrollments and Study Abroad
Pandemic travel restrictions cut both ways, causing international enrollments to plummet and limiting study-abroad opportunities. This Chronicle report provides an in-depth look at how the global education experience has changed and offers strategies for assessing and adapting programs to ensure students' exposure to cultural and global diversity. Order your copy today.

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Ponce Health Sciences University - St. Louis

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University of South Alabama

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