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Academic Minute: Chemistry of Artificial Sweeteners
In today’s Academic Minute, Nicholas Leadbeater of the University of Connecticut explains why artificial sweeteners can be thousands of times...
Textbook's Surprising White Powdered Substance
Sophia Stockton, a junior at Mid-America Nazarene University, in Kansas, got a surprise when her textbook Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives...
For Disadvantaged, College Reduces Marriage Odds
For people from disadvantaged backgrounds, going to college decreases the odds that they will get married, according to a study...
Vassar Sends Acceptance to Some Students It Rejected
Vassar College is apologizing for an incorrect notification of some early decision applicants that they had been admitted when in...
Mayor Wants City Colleges Chicago to End Sick Day Payouts
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has ordered City Colleges of Chicago to end a policy of payouts for unused sick days...
Enrollment Crunch at Cal State Northridge
Students and professors at California State University at Northridge are frustrated by strict limits on enrollments this semester, with most...
Illinois-Springfield Senate Chief, Linked to E-Mail Scandal, Quits
Tih-Fen Ting, professor in environmental studies at the University of Illinois at Springfield, resigned as chair of the Senate at...
Gingrich Plan for (Other People) Paying for College
Newt Gingrich, trying to upset Mitt Romney in Florida's Republican presidential primary, devoted time during a recent speech to students...