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Quantum Supremacy
In today's Academic Minute, the Best Science Segment Award as part of "Best of" Week, the University of Maryland Baltimore...
‘Why They Can’t Write’
Author discusses his new book about “killing the five-paragraph essay” and other ways schools and colleges could do a better job of teaching writing.
The Dismal (and Too Elitist?) Science
Economists and discipline's main association face criticism that the field's power centers are a small number of top departments. Grad students, meanwhile, push for standards of conduct.
Skipping Free College and Federal Loans
Some California community colleges are turning down state money for free tuition to avoid participating in the federal loan program.
Potential Breakthrough Against Racist Trolling
Advocates hope a new legal settlement between a former neo-Nazi and a black college student may help other students who find themselves facing digital hate.
Could Lotteries Be Better Than Grant Applications?
Two scientists have used economic theory to suggest that the current system of awarding federal research grants is fundamentally broken...
Words to Use in 2019
Lake Superior State University marks the end of each year by providing a list of words and phrases to banish...
2 New Hampshire Colleges Will Merge in 2 Steps
A merger between two institutions in New Hampshire will follow a two-step process that will begin with New England College...