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Sethuraman Panchanathan Nominated as NSF Director
Sethuraman Panchanathan was nominated by President Trump Thursday as the next director of the National Science Foundation. If confirmed by...
Academic Minute: Lead Poisoning
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Franklin & Marshall College Week, Harriet Okatch, assistant professor of biology and public...
Concern Raised Over White House Open-Access Policy
A rumored U.S. executive order focusing on public access to federally funded research is ruffling feathers in the scholarly publishing...
Education Deserts
New report examines access to postsecondary opportunities by ZIP code, questions the impact of free college and says for-profit institutions fill gaps between public colleges.
Opinion
Against Recycling
The concept of self-plagiarism is peculiar and in some ways more interesting than ordinary plagiarism, observes Scott McLemee.
Manuscript Illuminator
Not all technology has been made small enough yet. In today's Academic Minute, part of Franklin & Marshall College Week...
Haverford Tackles Loan Debt
New program tries to address student debt concerns after college dropped no-loan policy. Can its targeted, relatively inexpensive model work?
International Education in an Era of Climate Change
A new network of international education professionals is trying to get the field to face the crisis of climate change -- and the carbon emissions generated by student air travel -- head-on.