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Empathy in Online Health Communities
Sometimes an online community is what you need to get through a tough time. In today's Academic Minute, part of...
(More) Bias in Science Hiring
New study finds discrimination against women and racial minorities in hiring in the sciences. The study's about postdocs, but it has important implications for all of academe.
An Upward Limit on Elite M.B.A. Tuition Rates
Harvard and Chicago business schools freeze M.B.A. tuition.
Opinion
Sunspots and Poetry
Scott McLemee reviews Tracy Daugherty's Dante and the Early Astronomer: Science, Adventure and a Victorian Woman Who Opened the Heavens.
College Students Enlist in Fight Against Looming Abortion Restrictions
Despite restrictive abortion legislation adopted in Georgia and other states, local abortion-rights advocates are making sure college students understand the new ban is not yet in effect and encouraging them to join efforts to fight the prohibition.
‘The Educated Underclass’
Author discusses new book in which he questions whether most colleges are living up to their claims about promoting social mobility -- and whether college degrees do enough for low-income students.
Utah Honors Staffers Despite Evidence of Botched Murder Case
The University of Utah police department honored a dispatcher and two administrators for their handling of the aftermath of a...
Report: Free College Programs Have Grown Rapidly
A report released Tuesday by the Century Foundation found that since the introduction of Tennessee's tuition-free scholarship program five years...