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Grants Promote Development of African Higher Education
Twenty pairs of African and American colleges were awarded grants Monday to help them develop collaborations aimed at attacking economic...
Patterns in Academic Persecution
Oppression of scholars extends across a range of countries, fueled not only by politics but also by general anti-intellectualism, a new report says.
Arrests Follow Building Takeover at New School
Students pushing for the resignation of Bob Kerrey as president of the New School took over a building Friday morning...
Penn State Apologizes for Veteran Video
Pennsylvania State University has stopped using and apologized for a video prepared to help faculty members learn how to deal...
Professor Stands Up to Animal Rights Extremists
Many professors attacked by animal rights extremists have taken the approach of becoming as invisible as possible. But a profile...
Arizona State Will Honor Obama, But Not With Degree
Arizona State University may not think President Obama deserves an honorary degree, but it will name a scholarship program for...
LSU Ousts Controversial Hurricane Researcher
Louisiana State University has fired Ivor van Heerden as a research professor and deputy director at the university's Hurricane Center...
Where There's a Will...
WASHINGTON -- Shakespeare famously affirmed that his words would live “[s]o long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,”...