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Academic Minute: Bacteria and Biofuel
In today’s Academic Minute, David Mullin of Tulane University discusses his work using bacteria to convert old newspaper into biofuel...
Penn State Faculty Senate Rejects No Confidence Motion
By a vote of 128-58, members of the Faculty Senate at Pennsylvania State University voted down a proposal Tuesday to...
Debate Over Plan to Create New Irish University
The presidents of Ireland's existing universities are objecting to a plan to create a new, technologically oriented university, but they...
Massachusetts Governor Wants to Centralize Community Colleges
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick is proposing a centralization of community colleges in Massachusetts. His plan would give the state's Board...
Pepperdine Rejects, for Fourth Time, a Gay-Straight Alliance
Pepperdine University has, for the fourth time, rejected a request from a gay-straight student alliance to be recognized. A petition...
Cal State Rejects Call to Kill Plan to Hike Presidential Pay
California State University trustees on Tuesday rejected a request by a legislator that they hold off on a plan that...
Humans and Sustainable Development
In today’s Academic Minute, Columbia University's Shahid Naeem explains the history of humanity’s struggle to coexist with the natural environment...
Full Sail in the Spotlight
Mitt Romney singled out the university while praising for-profits as cost-effective. Full Sail graduates 78 percent of its students, but is it really the better value Romney suggested?