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'Guns, Germs, and Steel' Reconsidered
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies has had the kind of impact that most scholarly authors can...
Final Straw for a Harvard Board Member
Letter details disagreements between only black member of the Harvard Corporation and Lawrence H. Summers.
Crash Course
Intensive summer program preps students from low-income L.A. high schools for top colleges -- and will track their progress.
Signs of a Thaw in China
State Department reports sharp rise in number of Chinese seeking visas to study in the United States.
Anti-Urban Bias?
New research asks why the community colleges most likely to serve low-income students are likely to receive less money.
Poli Sci and Gender
A discipline asks why progress in awarding Ph.D.'s to women has not led to progress in hiring them.