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Law Schools Focus on the Practical
Many law schools are making curricular shifts to focus on practical skills instead of legal theory, The Wall Street Journal...
Who Gets In to Oxbridge?
A new report by the Sutton Trust has added to concerns about inequities in Britain's elite universities, Times Higher Education...
Academic Minute: Alice Munro
In today’s Academic Minute, St. Lawrence University's Robert Thacker discusses the work of author Alice Munro. Find out more about...
A-Twitter in Iowa: A $37,000 Scholarship for a Tweet
Evidence that Twitter-mania is taking hold, for better or worse, in higher education: The University of Iowa's business school is...
New Effort for Research on Global Development
The National Science Foundation and the Agency for International Development on Thursday announced a new effort to promote research to...
Literature Review on Remedial Education
MDRC, the research organization, this week released "Unlocking the Gate," a literature review on what is known about remedial education...
House Panel Would Cut $20 Million from NEH Budget
A House of Representatives appropriations subcommittee on Thursday backed legislation that would provide $20 million less to the National Endowment...
MLA Calls for Colleges to Offer Language Programs
Amid numerous proposed cuts to language programs in higher education, the Executive Council of the Modern Language Association has issued...