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IRB Roadblock
An overly restrictive institutional review board can take down an entire academic program and weaken the research reputation of a university, writes Dale R. Wagner.
Collins Stepping Down as NIH Director
Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, will be stepping down from his position by the end of...
Academic Minute: Decoding Me Too Defenses
Today on the Academic Minute: Charlotte S. Alexander, associate professor of legal analytics at Georgia State University, explores some of...
2 Share Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Benjamin List and David W. C. MacMillan will share the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for the development of asymmetric...
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Oral Exams in a Virtual Classroom
Offering exams in that format can be beneficial to both the instructor and the students in multiple ways, writes Kevin Sun, who provides recommendations for faculty who are considering it.
‘Playing Long Ball’
New initiative to help HBCUs enhance career readiness and leadership development for students is a welcome development for Black college leaders, who say such philanthropic partnerships will yield better results than one-time infusions of cash.
Studying Video Games as Culture
Video games are ingrained in our culture. In today's Academic Minute, Cuyahoga Community College's Mike Piero examines how to study...
University President Charged With Plagiarism
In at least three speeches, West Liberty University’s president lifted language from a handful of unattributed sources. Faculty members are outraged.