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Big Completion Goals in Texas
Texas joins the college completion agenda with new goal for 60 percent of its young adults to have college degrees or certificates by 2030.
Crick and Watson Rejected?
Article speculates that their landmark work on DNA, if evaluated by today's standards, might not have found a journal.
Opinion
Motor City, Rusting
The 18th century saw the rise of a taste for crumbling architecture and beautiful ruins. Scott McLemee looks at a study of the contemporary equivalent.
New Move in Union-Busting?
Duquesne U. adjuncts are angry over what they see as a thinly-veiled threat not to rehire those colleagues involved in a long-running union drive.
Ending All-Male Panels
American Society for Microbiology shows that a scientific group with relatively few female speakers can change things dramatically in just a few years.
Triaging Textbook Costs
Even as free and low-cost textbook initiatives grow, most efforts are still focused on introductory courses. Options are far more limited in upper-level courses, where a single textbook can now cost $400.
Newly Tenured ... at Bloomsburg, Lee, Sacred Heart
The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges and universities: Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Anna Turnage, communication...
Too Old for Tenure
Getting tenure is never guaranteed. But two American U. professors say they don't know what -- other than their age -- could have counted against them in their recent tenure denials.