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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.
NCAA Panel Proposes Easing Academic Measure
Athletes who leave college in good academic standing to go pro would be dropped from calculation of teams' classroom success.