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Academic Minute: Clinical Practice Programs
Today on the Academic Minute, part of St. John's University Week, Liz Chase, assistant professor in the department of curriculum...
Sororities Reject Student With Down Syndrome
AnnCatherine Heigl defied expectations when she was accepted into George Mason University’s highly competitive LIFE program, a full-time college program...
Ousted Editor Blames University Presses
The recently ousted editor of The New York Review of Books is blaming university presses for his lost job. Ian...
Harvard Raises $9.62 Billion in 5-Year Campaign
Harvard University has completed a record-setting fund-raising campaign, raising $9.62 billion over five years. The campaign was launched in 2013...
Stigmatizing Single Adults
The stigmas against staying single are breaking down. In today's Academic Minute, Albertus Magnus College's Hilda Speicher determines that as...
Furor Over Blended and Active Learning
Business students at the University of Central Florida agitate for alternatives to a model that heavily shifts their learning time to outside the classroom and reduces exposure to instructors. Administrators say their approach is educationally sound.
Science Walks, Money Talks
Two federal science agencies announce actions on harassment, to two very different reactions -- NSF moves forward with a plan to link funding to appropriate conduct, but NIH says it's not ready to take that step.
Opinion
Free Speech for Some, Civility for Others
Some views are allowed to go unchallenged in higher education today, writes Kamden K. Strunk, while those from marginalized groups are told to be polite.