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Academic Minute: Why We Like Round Numbers
For the 500th Academic Minute, Art Markman of the University of Texas at Austin explains why we think round numbers...
AAUP and FIRE Question Treatment of Adjunct
The American Association of University Professors and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education both on Thursday expressed concerns about...
Student Allegedly Killed Man and Ate His Brain, Heart
Maryland authorities who have charged a 21-year-old Morgan State University student with killing a man have reported an unusual confession...
'Bunkum Awards' for Education Research
The National Education Policy Center, at the University of Colorado at Boulder, evaluates many think tank reports on education policy...
College Board Criticized Over 'Rich Kids' SAT
The College Board is being criticized by admissions officers and others over a pilot program that will test an August...
Grassley Questions NIH Funding of Researcher in Conflict Scandal
U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley has asked the National Institutes of Health to explain why it has provided a new grant...
Law Professors Urge Obama to Use Authority to Help Immigrant Students
Dozens of law professors have signed a joint letter to President Obama urging him to take steps to help college...
Academic Minute: Animal DNA and Traditional Chinese Medicine
In today’s Academic Minute, Michael Bunce of Murdoch University explains his work using DNA testing to identify the non-declared contents...