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Public Holds Mixed Views of Higher Ed
A majority of Americans (57 percent) believe that the higher education system in the country fails to provide students with...
St. Andrews May Merge With Webber International
St. Andrews Presbyterian College, in North Carolina, may merge with Webber International University, in Florida. Both institutions are nonprofit, private...
Women in Science and in National Academies
The National Academy of Sciences announced the election of 72 new members this month -- of whom 9 are women...
Gift Will Turn Seminary Into Interfaith University
A $40 million gift being announced today by the Claremont School of Theology, a Methodist institution, will allow it to...
Faculty at Green Bay Vote to Unionize
Faculty members at the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay have voted 117 to 2 to unionize with an affiliate...
Academic Minute: Motherhood and Wages
In today’s Academic Minute, Michelle Budig of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst reveals the financial cost of motherhood and...
Thai Historian Accused of Lèse Majesté
Thai authorities last week charged Somsak Jeamteerasakul, a prominent historian at Thammasat University in Bangkok, with lèse majesté, a serious...
Compromise in Wisconsin?
A new idea has emerged in the debate over whether the University of Wisconsin at Madison should be given independence...