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Academic Minute: Concepts of Community
In today’s Academic Minute, William Poulin-Deltour of Middlebury College explains how divergent cultural roots created different ideas of community in...
Report Faults Los Angeles CC District on Building Program
An independent panel has found numerous management problems in the massive building campaign by the Los Angeles Community College District...
Penn State President: University Will Honor Paterno
Rodney Erickson, the new president of Pennsylvania State University, pledged to alumni Wednesday that the institution eventually would honor Joe...
Duncan's Harsh Words for NCAA
INDIANAPOLIS -- Education Secretary Arne Duncan made clear his displeasure with the National Collegiate Athletic Association at its annual convention...
Medical Schools Commit to National Effort to Aid Military
More than 100 American medical schools have agreed to work with the Obama administration to ensure that the country's doctors...
A Gaffe From Gee
Gordon Gee, president of Ohio State University, got himself in trouble Wednesday, when he compared the decentralized nature of university...
Documenting Stress Facing Tenure-Track Fathers
Education researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have been conducting interviews with tenure-track fathers about the pressures they...
Academic Minute: Adam Smith and Economic Morality
In today’s Academic Minute, Christopher Berry of the University of Glasgow examines the global economic climate in light of Adam...