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Summer Bridge Helps Community College Students Pass Math and Writing
A new study tracking 1,300 mostly Hispanic college students who participated in intensive "summer bridge" programs found that the students...
Academic Minute: Eyewitness Reliability
In today’s Academic Minute, Emily Stark of Minnesota State University at Mankato reveals how the presence of a weapon can...
Portrait of Minority-Group Professors in the Sciences
African-American scholars who earned their Ph.D.s at highly research intensive universities are significantly less likely than white, Latino and Asian...
Academic Minute: Biodiesel Production
In today’s Academic Minute, Nicholas Leadbeater of the University of Connecticut discusses how easily biodiesel fuels can be refined from...
Legislature, Not Governing Board, Has Tuition-Setting Power, Fla. Court Rules
An appeals court in Florida ruled Wednesday that the state legislature, not the Florida Board of Governors, has ultimate authority...
Opinion
Sweet Home Alabama?
The higher education provisions in the state immigration law currently in court show the statute's authors to be on the wrong side of history and policy, writes Michael A. Olivas.
Big Gift for Johnson C. Smith U.
The Duke Endowment on Wednesday announced a $35 million grant to Johnson C. Smith University. The grant is believed to...