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Social Science Lab Rats

Who says lab work is just for natural scientists? Interdisciplinary social sciences lab at Northeastern U challenges prevailing norms.

Too Risky for Researchers?

Following 10-year jail sentence for Princeton Ph.D. student, scholars discuss the uncertainties of doing research in Iran.
Opinion

The Great Conference Con?

Article sparks new round of criticism of the costs associated with academic conferences.
Opinion

Ethical College Admissions: Economics Once Again

Jim Jump considers the conflicts between doing the right thing, doing the right thing to help the bottom line and doing what you can afford.

The Week in Admissions News

The GOP budget plan, more test-optional colleges, disappearing colleges, aid deadlines.

Who Benefits From Letters of Recommendation?

Experiment at Berkeley and new policy for University of California system provide information on common practice in competitive college admissions.

The Upper Middle Class as ‘Dream Hoarders’ in College Admissions

New book suggests that the upper middle class is stealing opportunity -- including in higher education -- from everyone else.