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Texas Endowment Managers Worry About What's Next
The mammoth endowment fund of the University of Texas is planning to double the $50 million hedge it maintains in...
Conflict of Interest Seen in Mortgage Study
A research report released last month by two George Washington University professors argued for weakening the role of the Federal...
Academic Minute: Snowy Owls
In today’s Academic Minute, John Fitzpatrick of Cornell University explains what we can learn about climate change by observing Snowy...
Academic Minute: Big Brains and Early Mammals
In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Texas at Austin's Timothy Rowe examines how the sense of smell contributed to...
For-Profit Owners Sell Lots of Stock
John Sperling, founder of the University of Phoenix, has sold more than $59 million in stock in the company, whose...
Degree Preferred, Accreditation Optional
When the University of Tennessee at Knoxville advertised for a new baseball coach, the listings said that the institution preferred...
Blackboard Adds Partnerships With Publishers
Blackboard, which last year announced a partnership to ease the use of McGraw-Hill content in courses using Blackboard's learning management...