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College Endowments on Table in Tax Overhaul
The Senate Finance Committee is considering a 2 percent excise tax on university endowments among a number of options to...
Academic Minute: Biofuels
Today on The Academic Minute: Michelle O’Malley, assistant professor of chemical engineering at the University of California Santa Barbara, describes...
Notre Dame Ends Access to Birth Control Coverage
The University of Notre Dame is ending the ability of its employees and students to access birth control coverage with...
Wisconsin-Superior Will End 9 Majors
The University of Wisconsin Superior on Tuesday announced that it will no longer let students start nine academic majors, 15...
Capella and Strayer Universities to Merge
As reported by Inside Higher Ed, the transaction trend among publicly traded for-profit universities continued this week, with news that...
Chinese Universities Set Up Centers for Xi Thought
At least 20 Chinese universities have established research institutes focused on the ideology of Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping...
Investigation Into Columbia Protesters Dropped
Columbia University dropped on Tuesday its disciplinary investigation into 16 students who disrupted a campus speaker last month. The investigation...
Academic Minute: Pancreatic Cancer
Today on the Academic Minute: Jonathan Kelber, associate professor of biology at California State University Northridge, discusses a new effort...