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Expanding Wind Energy
Should wind turbines breathe like our lungs do? In today's Academic Minute, part of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Week, Miki Amitay...
Online Education, Beyond ‘Deans Gone Wild’
Leaders of companies colleges hire to take academic programs online discuss their role, the scrutiny they're facing and why we should call them something other than OPMs.
Full Shutdown
Johns Hopkins students are refusing to leave administration building until officials cancel plans to form an armed police force. Activists are worried about the potential for racial profiling.
Fight for Neuroscience at Montana State
Professors on campus say the university plans to turn a research-rich department into a more general biology-focused premed feeder school.
Grad Student Cleared in Case Over Comments on White People
The University of Georgia cleared Irami Osei-Frimpong, a Ph.D. candidate in philosophy, of violations of university policy following an investigation...
Carnegie Mellon Rolls Out Open Learning Science Tools
Carnegie Mellon University has begun publicly releasing a massive suite of learning science tools it's developed for proprietary use over...
Community College Expands Internationally to Grow Enrollment
Hudson Valley Community College plans to offer classes overseas in an effort to stabilize enrollment and keep faculty employed.
Opinion
The Wrong Response to a Tragedy
When devastating international crises like the one in Sri Lanka occur, Judith Shapiro asks, what should be a campus's first consideration?