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Academic Minute: Mayan Urbanization and Natural Resources
In today’s Academic Minute, Vernon Scarborough of the University of Cincinnati explores the complex infrastructure that supplied the largest Mayan...
Which Universities Pay the Most to Localities?
A report Friday from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy explores changes in the payments colleges, universities and other tax-exempt...
Texas Southern Suspends Marching Band
Texas Southern University has suspended its marching band, pending an investigation of a report about hazing by one section of...
Report: Duncan Would Stay for 2nd Term, Focus on College Prices
WASHINGTON -- Education Secretary Arne Duncan will stay for a second term if President Obama is re-elected -- "unless the...
New Calif. Laws Promote Digital Textbooks, For-Profit Transparency
Gov. Jerry Brown of California signed legislation Thursday designed to give college students free digital access to textbooks in 50...
John Silber, Transformative Boston U. Leader, Dies
John R. Silber, whose 25-year reign atop Boston University remade the institution in ways that enthralled supporters and often enraged...
Amherst Professor Resigns After Plagiarism Discovery
Carleen Basler, an assistant professor of American studies and sociology at Amherst College, resigned last week after senior faculty members...
Academic Minute: Tudor Courtly Love
In today’s Academic Minute, Elaine Treharne of Florida State University explains the discovery of an inscription that provides rare insight...