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Penn Employee Benefits Will Include Sex Change Surgery
The University of Pennsylvania announced this week that its employee health plans would include an option that would cover sexual...
Upcoming Events in Higher Ed: Admissions and Registrars, Campus Planning, Department Chairs, Engineering Education, Jane Austen, Technology and Liberal Arts
2012 Annual Meeting, American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, April 1-4, Philadelphia Education in a Changing World: What's...
Northeastern Won't Let Chick-Fil-A on Campus
Northeastern University announced Tuesday that, based on student concerns, it will not consider Chick-Fil-A for a spot in the student...
Harvard Urged to Award Posthumous Degrees to Expelled Gay Students
Students and faculty members are pressing Harvard University to award posthumous degrees to seven students expelled in the 1920s for...
Ruling Backs Southeastern Louisiana's Challenge to a Will
A state judge has awarded most of a woman's estate to the foundation that supports Southeastern Louisiana University, finding that...
Academic Minute: Leap Year Marriage Proposals
In today’s Academic Minute, Katherine Parkin of Monmouth University explains a fading American custom that made it acceptable for a...
Gingrich Backs Obama on Encouraging Higher Ed
Not all Republican presidential candidates question the wisdom of encouraging Americans to seek higher education. Newt Gingrich said Tuesday that...
House Passes Bill to Repeal Credit Hour, State Authorization
The House of Representatives voted 303-114 Tuesday to repeal the Education Department's credit hour and state authorization regulations, with 69...