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Anthropologists Object to Reality Show on Archaeology
Spike TV has a new reality show, "American Digger," that debuts this week and anthropologists are not likely to be...
Stony Brook's New Calendar Angers Jewish Groups
Jewish students, faculty members and organizations are angry at the State University of New York for changing its academic calendar...
Anger Over Selection of Non-Academic to Lead U. of Haifa
Many academics in Israel are angry over the selection of a business executive, Amos Shapira, as president of the University...
Chinese High School Students Aspire to Enroll in U.S.
Enrolling in college in the United States remains a top goal of students at national high schools in major Chinese...
Liberals, Conservatives and the Value of Higher Ed
A new poll by YouGov finds that both conservative and liberal Americans value higher education, but that they differ on...
A Tamer Spring Break?
Students and other experts on spring break (bartenders in spring break locales) report that students have become tamer, even "prudish"...
Backing (and a Gift) for Santa Monica's 2-Tiered Prices
Santa Monica College's plans for two-tiered tuition rates (higher prices for high demand courses) have drawn criticism from those who...
Academic Minute: The Biology of Jet Lag
In today’s Academic Minute, Tanya Leise of Amherst College explains how the body reacts to travel and the best method...