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Women in STEM Fields

Keeping more women in STEM programs is a key focus for the future. In today's Academic Minute, part of Worcester...

The ‘Hidden Consensus’ for Affirmative Action

New book says campuses are far less polarized on the issue than is widely believed.
Opinion

The Next Testing Scandal

Don't dwell on the Varsity Blues scandal, writes Ben Paris. Focus on the ways there are advantages, in plain sight, to cheat.
Opinion

A Rescue Plan for America’s Small Colleges

Liberal arts colleges can save themselves -- and perhaps our democracy -- by mining their backyards for and educating more students from working-class backgrounds via a new degree option, Rob Fried and Eli Kramer write.

Fired After 40 Years

AAUP finds that Pacific Lutheran violated an adjunct professor and advocate's rights in effectively dismissing her for offering private lessons to a student who asked for them.

Historians Object to National Archives' Altered Photo

The American Historical Association sent a letter to the National Archives over the long weekend, objecting to the agency’s decision...

Academic Minute: Women in STEM Fields

Today on the Academic Minute, part of Worcester Polytechnic Institute Week, Rick Vaz, professor of interdisciplinary and global studies, explores...