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New Tactic on Stem Cell Studies
Approving spending bill for NIH and education programs, Senate panel aims to expand the research through a date change.
Admitted -- to College and Grad School
To attack STEM shortage, CUNY chancellor proposes accepting promising freshmen into Ph.D. programs in science and math.
What If Higher Ed Funds Don't Help Economy?
Greater prosperity requires more jobs, and more jobs require more economic growth. And the best way to do that, this...
Questioning College-Wide Assessments
Study calls Spellings Commission recommendation "misleading" because of wide differences in outcomes by academic discipline.
Whose Blood Is It, Anyway?
In victory for research universities, appeals court finds that research subjects do not have right to transfer their donations elsewhere.
Students' Gain, Lenders' Pain
Looking around the crowded Senate hearing room Wednesday, it was relatively easy, at first glance, to sort out the winners...
Faculty Gender and Student Performance
Whether a professor is male or female has little to no effect on how a student performs in the class, study finds.