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A Nudge for the Neediest
Study of impact of need-based financial aid finds that extra grants helped the students least likely to succeed, but did little to boost overall academic progress.
Score One for Science
It's early in the budget process, but House spending measure would boost spending for National Science Foundation and other research programs.
Courting Valedictorians
Ivy Tech Community College, Indiana's statewide two-year system, offers limited scholarships to the top graduate of every high school in the state.
Degrees of Gravity
When punishing professors, universities find the lines that divide the illegal, the immoral and fireable can be hazy at best.
Academic Minute: Alice Munro
In today’s Academic Minute, St. Lawrence University's Robert Thacker discusses the work of author Alice Munro. Find out more about...
A-Twitter in Iowa: A $37,000 Scholarship for a Tweet
Evidence that Twitter-mania is taking hold, for better or worse, in higher education: The University of Iowa's business school is...
New Effort for Research on Global Development
The National Science Foundation and the Agency for International Development on Thursday announced a new effort to promote research to...