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Rally at Colby Against Racist Yik Yak Comments
More than 500 people rallied at Colby College Thursday to protest recent racist comments on the social media service Yik...
Academic Minute: Social Media Journalism
In today's Academic Minute, Stephen Barnard, a sociologist at St. Lawrence University, discusses the way journalists use social media. Learn...
MIT Launches Online Education Policy Initiative
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Online Education Policy Initiative, an offshoot of a recent task force on the institute's future...
Rich New Resource on Postsecondary Attainment
A new federal report presents a wealth of data about how 2002's 10th graders fared in higher education (and not)...
Jefferson Davis Statue at U of Texas Is Vandalized
Student groups have been pushing the University of Texas at Austin to remove a statue of Jefferson Davis from the...
Catholic U of America Orders Layoffs and Buyouts
Catholic University of America has eliminated 37 positions through buyouts and layoffs, The Washington Post reported. The university is trying...
Social Scientists Question Cuts Sought in NSF Authorization Bill
Social science groups are speaking out against a Republican-proposed bill to reauthorize the National Science Foundation that would keep total...
William and Mary Faces Fourth Suicide This Year
Four student suicides this year have shaken the College of William and Mary and led to a debate on campus...