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Creighton Won't Honor Alumnus, Citing Offensive Emails
Creighton University will honor some of its alumni at a ceremony Friday, but the university has dropped Joe Ricketts from...
At Williams, a New Way to Help Low-Income Students
Many colleges, even those with exceptionally generous aid programs for low-income students, require aid recipients to contribute some summer earnings...
Michigan Sets Record for Public University Campaign
The University of Michigan has announced the final results of its seven-plus-year fund-raising campaign, which brought in $5.28 billion. While...
Virginia Attorney General Wore Blackface in College
Virginia attorney general Mark A. Herring on Wednesday released a statement in which he admitted to wearing blackface in college...
Academic Minute: Chronic Skin Wounds
Today on the Academic Minute, Kyle Quinn, assistant professor in the department of biomedical engineering at the University of Arkansas...
I Can't Believe It's Not Tenure
Tenure is again at risk in Iowa. Some scholars say legislators should study their own history, since a case during World War II is to many experts a classic example of why protecting academic freedom matters.
Faculty Revolt at American University in Cairo
The University Senate at American University in Cairo this week voted that it lacked confidence in Francis J. Ricciardone, a...
Mixed Results on Note-Taking by Hand or Laptop
A study in the journal Educational Psychology Review ( abstract available here) returns to the issue of whether students learn...