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Stanford May Revamp Undergraduate Education
Stanford University today will release a plan to revise undergraduate education requirements. "Breadth" requirements (those outside the major) would focus...
Academic Minute: UV Light and the Skin
In today’s Academic Minute, Elena Oancea of Brown University explains the similarity in how our eyes and skin respond to...
Legal Questions for Community Colleges' Four-Year Degree Push in Michigan
A lawyer told Michigan lawmakers Wednesday that a proposed bill to pave the way for community colleges to offer four-year...
U. of Oregon Faculty Seek to Unionize
Faculty members at the University of Oregon are announcing a drive to seek union representation in a chapter that would...
Israel Probes Grad Admissions Without Bachelor's Degrees
Israel's Higher Education Council has ordered all universities to turn over information about people without bachelor's degrees who have been...
Should SAT Cheating Be a Crime?
An influential New York State senator has introduced legislation to create new felony charges of "facilitation of education testing fraud"...
Sexual Contact Charge Led to Abrupt Resignation at Wisconsin
John Chadima resigned suddenly this month as senior associate athletic director at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Tuesday night...
Academic Minute: Bacteria and Biofuel
In today’s Academic Minute, David Mullin of Tulane University discusses his work using bacteria to convert old newspaper into biofuel...