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Academic Minute: Fracturing of the Antarctic Ice Sheet
In today’s Academic Minute, Joe MacGregor of the University of Texas at Austin explains the mechanics of the fracturing currently...
Education Dept. Proposes New Rules on Student Loans
The U.S. Education Department today proposed new rules governing federal student loans, which would, among other things, ease the process...
Swiss Universities Lose European Applicants
Swiss universities are reporting declines in applications from students in other European countries, The Local reported. The Swiss franc is...
Protests Won't Be Allowed at Yale-Singapore Campus
Students at the new university being created in Singapore by Yale University and the National University of Singapore will not...
Illinois Governor Signs Bill Limiting Campuses' Use of Search Firms
The governor of Illinois has signed legislation that significantly restricts the extent to which public universities in the state can...
Missouri Press to Survive, in Altered Form
The University of Missouri Press will live -- in name, at least, although whether it's too early to know whether...
Florida A&M President to Quit Immediately
Several days after James H. Ammons announced that he would resign as president in the wake of a hazing scandal...
Academic Minute: Star Wars and Mythology
In today’s Academic Minute, Carl Rubino of Hamilton College explains why the Star Wars series is attracting a whole new...