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RPI Accused of (Literally) Fencing Off Protests
Students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have been pushing, without success, for more control over their student union. The Foundation for...
Yale Gives Update on $50M Faculty Diversity Initiative
Two years into its $50 million faculty diversity initiative, Yale University says it has hired 50 new ladder-rank professors. Some...
VA Drops Plan to Nix Ethics Rule
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on Wednesday dropped a controversial plan to suspend an ethics law that prevents its...
Call for Testing Flexibility for International Applicants
Colleges and universities should be more flexible about the use of test scores and perhaps consider a lesser emphasis on...
Another Top Southern Cal Official Departs Amid Allegations
The high level departures continue at the University of Southern California. David Carrera, a university vice president who played a...
Academic Minute: Sense of Place
Today on the Academic Minute: Susan Gilbertz, professor of geography at Montana State University Billings, looks into how our favorite...
SUNY Buffalo Seeks to Revoke Honorary Degree
The University at Buffalo, of the State University of New York, announced that it has started the process of revoking...
Tweet About Professor Goes Viral (in a Good Way)
Twitter isn’t always friendly to academics; professors have been bashed and threatened via the medium (and sometimes professors do the...