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Iowa Senate Rejects 2 Nominees for Board of Regents
The Iowa Senate on Monday rejected two nominees of Governor Terry Branstad, a Republican, for the Board of Regents, The...
Dispute Over Tenure Criteria at Transylvania U.
Professors at Transylvania University, in Kentucky, have sent a letter to President Owen Williams objecting to what they call "a...
New Tensions in Pittsburgh on Colleges' Payments to City
Pittsburgh has been the site of some of the most contentious debates in recent years on payments by colleges to...
Yeshiva U. Debates Honor for Jimmy Carter
Some Yeshiva University alumni and supporters are calling on the university to block a planned award by a law school...
Academic Minute: Waterlogged Fingers and Gripping Ability
In today’s Academic Minute, Tom Smulders of Newcastle University explains why our fingers become wrinkly after prolonged exposure to water...
The Thatcher Impact on Higher Education
The obituaries of Margaret Thatcher, who died Monday, noted that the late British prime minister had enormous influence on her...
U. of Toronto Assignment Angers Wikipedia Editors
Wikipedia editors have been complaining about a University of Toronto psychology professor who encouraged students in a class of 1,900...
Rutgers Plans Independent Review of Coaching Debacle
Rutgers University will commission an independent review of “the circumstances surrounding the men’s basketball program as well as the procedures...