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Raising the Ethics Bar at Brown
New policy bars undergraduates as primary investigators on research proposals, requiring them to get faculty sponsors.
Methods for Teaching Math
A new report offers practical recommendations on ways to improve math instruction at 2-year colleges.
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Why don't woodpeckers get headaches? Why are dung beetles finicky eaters? Why don't people like the sound of fingernails against...
Ball's in the NCAA's Court
Myles Brand and company have a homework assignment to complete. Call it what you want -- a term paper, a...
Not Missing the SAT
Mount Holyoke stopped requiring the test, and finds very little difference between those who submit scores and those who don't.
Part Timers Say No to Union
Instructors at Vermont's 2-year college -- adjuncts all -- break with trend in rejecting collective bargaining by 2 to 1 margin.
The Hazards of Whistle Blowing
Lansing Community College fires its lawyer after he accuses interim president of misspending state funds.
Ruling Worries Academic Labor
NLRB changes definition of who is a supervisor in way that some fear could hurt unionization of faculty members.