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Should Berkeley Worry It Rejects 'Normal Students'?
In discussing a new committee to examine the finances of the University of California, Governor Jerry Brown has raised a...
Academic Minute: Radioactive Environments
In today's Academic Minute, Tim Mousseau, a biologist at the University of South Carolina, discusses his research on both Chernobyl...
A Call for Restoring Year-Round Pell
The 2011 decision to end a short-lived program that let students earn two Pell Grants in a single academic year...
Columbia College Adjuncts Drop Illinois Education Association
Members of Columbia College’s part-time faculty association, “P-Fac,” voted 232 to 50 to disaffiliate from the Illinois Education Association, they...
U. of Oregon Releases 22,000 Pages of Private Records
The University of Oregon is investigating why it released 22,000 pages of information with confidential information about students and faculty...
NYU Student Charged in Bizarre Crime
Authorities have arrested a New York University student and charged him with setting the mattress on which a fellow student...
Call for Academics at Saudi University to Speak Out
Eighteen Nobel laureates have written to Saudi academics, urging them to publicly oppose the jailing and caning of a blogger...
Academic Minute: Outstanding Guppies
In today's Academic Minute, Kimberly Hughes, a biologist at Florida State University, analyzes the reproductive advantage colorful guppies have over...