Can a language requirement be discriminatory? A dyslexic student has filed a complaint in the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario after he was denied admission to a University of Ottawa master of political science program because he couldn’t meet a requirement to take one French-language course, the CBC reported. Read more...

The University of New Mexico mishandled reports of sexual harassment and sexual assault, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday. Read more...

Business, housing and IT administrators say they expect the cost of providing wireless network services will continue to climb, even as fewer of them believe their budgets will grow to keep up. Read more...

The Coalition for Access, Affordability and Success, a group of 93 leading colleges introducing an alternative to the Common Application this summer, on Friday issued the essay prompts to be used on the first application. Read more...

By Kerry Ann Rockquemore. Support groups can be empowering, but unless appropriately structured, they can result in a downward spiral that leaves everyone with unresolved anger, hopelessness and no clear direction forward, writes Kerry Ann Rockquemore. Read more...

By Laura N. Schram. For the past year, I have had the opportunity to work with humanities students who have taken on a substantive project outside of their departments through the University of Michigan’s Mellon Public Humanities Fellowship program. Read more...

By Maria Shine Stewart. Alas, I found no hits while googling the headline to this article -- not until now. Most of you know that the syllabus is a firm-yet-malleable, stable-yet-energizing learning contract that deans and students alike demand. Read more...

By James M. Van Wyck. The academy, particularly in its upper echelons, is severely lacking on the diversity front. At many levels, including admissions, funding and even hiring, one of the major gateways to advancement is the application process. Read more...

By James M. Van Wyck. The typical Ph.D. candidate (for the sake of convenience, let’s pretend that there is such a creature) spends an inordinate amount of time worried about what their doctoral adviser thinks. Read more...

By Wayne Stauffer. The barbs of fictitious food critic Anton Ego in Ratatouille are unfortunately similar to those of the many professors who are too critical of their students. Read more...