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'Global Warming and Political Intimidation'
In the late 1990s, Raymond Bradley, a climatologist at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, collaborated with two researchers on...
Universities' Licensing Activity Held Its Own in 2010, Survey Finds
Academic institutions produced more startup companies as they commercialized their researchers' work in 2010 than they did in 2009, although...
AAUP Urges Virginia to Protect Professors' E-Mail
The American Association of University Professors has written to the University of Virginia to urge it to more forcefully resist...
Native American Students Sue Over 'Fighting Sioux' Name
Eight Native American students on Thursday sued the University of North Dakota and state officials over a new state law...
Academic Minute: What Is Charisma?
In today’s Academic Minute, Purchase College's Matthew Immergut reveals that charisma is not an attribute that can be possessed, but...
Cooking Is Leading Cause of Campus Housing Fires
Cooking is the leading cause of university housing fires, accounting for 88 percent of them, according to an analysis released...
New Wave of NCAA Reform?
Citing "integrity issues" and other problems, Division I presidents emerge from NCAA retreat calling for toughened academic standards and rules and more aid for athletes.
For-Profit Backs Opponent of Attorney General Leading Probe
Executives of Spencerian College, a for-profit institution among several being investigated by Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway, a Democrat, have...