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'In Search of the Talented Tenth'
In the era before desegregation, Howard University was home to a constellation of black intellectual leaders -- professors who shaped...
Egyptian University Will Appeal Niqab Ruling
Ain Shams University, in Cairo, has announced that it will appeal a court ruling allowing its female students to wear...
Justice vs. Football
The University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa already is on record in favor of skipping a few days of classes to...
Adjunct Sues College President He Videotaped
An adjunct humanities professor has sued the president of Edison Community College, in Ohio, over the president’s refusal to rehire...
NIH Will Seek New Rules on Conflicts of Interest
The National Institutes of Health is planning to propose new rules for researchers receiving its grants, requiring that they disclose...
$100M in Senate Health Bill Is Bid to Help UConn
Sen. Christopher Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat, managed to insert a provision in the Senate's version of health care legislation that...
Do American Students Bring Down the Curve?
"My Lazy American Students," an op-ed in The Boston Globe, is attracting considerable online debate. The piece -- by Kara...
Boosting Math Standards
Public college systems in Maryland, Kentucky and New York increase admissions requirements or placement thresholds for credit-bearing courses in mathematics, a subject in which many entering college students are ill prepared.