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Metro State Faculty Want Audit Following Late Paychecks
Metropolitan State University has paid its summer course instructors – a week late, the Pioneer Press reported. Administrators said last...
Academic Minute: Sick Days and Flu Outbreaks
In today’s Academic Minute, Supriya Kumar of the University of Pittsburgh examines how flu outbreaks can be reduced by encouraging...
British College Reverses Ban on Niqab
Birmingham Metropolitan College has reversed its ban on students wearing the niqab, a veil worn by some Muslim women that...
Purdue Calumet Rescinds Layoffs of 7 Faculty Members
Purdue University's regional Calumet campus has rescinded layoffs ordered for seven faculty members, The Journal & Courier reported. Administrators had...
U. of Virginia to Study Its History With Slavery
The University of Virginia announced last week that a special commission will study the role slavery played in the university's...
Not the Nobel Prizes
The Ig Nobel Prizes -- the annual spoof of the real Nobels -- were announced Thursday night. Prizes honored breakthrough...
Another Drop in Illinois Students at U. of Illinois
Only 73 percent -- a new low -- of freshmen at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign this year are...
Sheldon Hackney Dies at 79
Sheldon Hackney who served as president of Tulane University and the University of Pennsylvania, died Thursday at the age of...