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2 Loan Interest Rate Measures Fail in Senate
Neither a Republican nor a Democratic bill to keep the interest rate on federally subsidized student loans at 3.4 percent...
Appeals Court Vacates Lower Court's Privacy Law Ruling
A federal appeals court on Thursday directed a lower court to overturn its March 2011 ruling in a legal fight...
Wesleyan Announces Three-Year Degree
Wesleyan University president Michael S. Roth announced in a Washington Post blog post that the university will offer a three-year...
Academic Minute: Nicotine and Memory
In today’s Academic Minute, Paul Newhouse of Vanderbilt University explains research that suggests nicotine may have beneficial effects on aging...
Survey: 40% of Students Don't Last 10 Minutes Without Digital Devices
A survey of 500 college students has found that 67 percent can't go more than an hour without using some...
Harvard Alumni Group Sorry for Unabomber's Listing
Harvard University's alumni association is apologizing for including submissions from the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, in the directory for the 50th...
Howard Hughes Institute to Provide $50M in Grants to Small Colleges
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is today announcing $50 million in grants to help 47 small colleges and universities collaborate...
New Panel to Study Distance Education Regulation
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and the State Higher Education Executive Officers have created a panel to study...