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Academic Minute: The Psychological Response to Disaster
In today’s Academic Minute, Joshua Miller of Smith College explores the psychological landscape individuals must navigate in the wake of...
New Round on Affirmative Action
Appeals court vacates decision that invalidated 2006 vote in Michigan. Full court will reconsider challenge to ban on consideration of race in admissions.
Post-Flooding, Pennsylvania, New York Colleges Clean Up
Colleges in parts of Pennsylvania and New York that saw flooding are starting to resume normal operations, while also cleaning...
Nebraska Press Buys Jewish Publisher's Titles
The University of Nebraska Press plans to buy and distribute nearly 250 titles from the Jewish Publication Society, a publisher...
A Call to Balance FOIA Laws and Professors' Rights
Following controversies in several states over demands by conservative groups for the e-mail and other communications of selected faculty members...
Fresno State Football Players Linked to Welfare Fraud
As many as 24 members of the 2010 football team at California State University at Fresno -- many of them...
Dutch University Suspends Prominent Social Psychologist
Tilburg University, in the Netherlands, announced last week that it was suspending D.A. Stapel from his positions as professor of...
Going to Bat for Tenure
Faculty at Western Nevada vow to boycott search committees until dismissed tenured colleagues are told their job security is restored.