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Academic Minute: Film as an Economic Development Tool
In today's Academic Minute, Paul Janensch of Quinnipiac University examines the benefits communities hope to receive when they grant tax...
New Jersey Panel Seeks to Merge Rutgers and Medical School
A state panel on Tuesday recommended that Rutgers University and the academic units of the University of Medicine and Dentistry...
Appeals Court Backs Blind Law Grad on Testing Software
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday upheld injunctions issued by a lower court that would...
Sociologists Move Meeting to Vegas
The American Sociological Association, which recently announced that it couldn't meet in Chicago as planned this summer due to labor...
Arkansas Group Wants Guns on Campus
Arkansas is the latest state in which pro-gun advocates are seeking to make it possible to carry weapons on campuses...
India Plans Survey on Higher Education
India's government is planning the country's first comprehensive survey of higher education, The New York Times reported. The effort is...
Italian Parliament Approves Controversial University Reforms
Italy's parliament gave final approval in December to a controversial set of reforms for the nation's universities, The Wall Street...
Pell Grants Seen as Target for Cuts
Congress and many state legislatures will convene for their 2011 terms within the next week, with one overriding priority dominating...