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Art and the Brain
In today’s Academic Minute, Johns Hopkins University's Barbara Landau discusses what she has learned about how the brain creates art...
Open CourseWare 2.0
How close can Stanford's computer science department get to offering world-class courses for free?
Completion Comes First
Valencia College wins inaugural Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, another sign that foundations and lawmakers are emphasizing completion rates for community colleges.
Academic Minute: Art and the Brain
In today’s Academic Minute, Barbara Landau of Johns Hopkins University reveals what she has learned about how the brain creates...
Congressman Targets Pay of For-Profit-College Chiefs
The top Democrat on the House of Representatives oversight committee announced an inquiry Monday into the pay of chief executive...
Pets or Therapy Animals?
Colleges might have to be more careful in answering that question from now on, thanks to federal suit against university that denied student's request for a dog in her apartment.
Arms Race for Top MBA Students
While many business schools are struggling with decreased interest in M.B.A. programs, those business schools that are at the top...
AAUP Concerns on Academic Freedom at Shorter
Members of the faculty at Shorter University, which recently instituted new faith statements that, among other requirements, ban gay staff...