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The Myth of Multitasking
New study shows that splitting attention between lecture and cellphone or laptop use hinders long-term retention, and those in class suffer from others' use of devices.
New Presidents or Provosts: Clarion U of Pa., Dartmouth College, Franklin & Marshall College, J. Sargeant Reynolds CC, Loyola U New Orleans, Massasoit CC, Notre Dame de Namur U, St. Thomas U (Fla.), U of Delaware, U of Louisiana-Lafayette, Vincennes U
Barbara K. Altmann, provost and professor of French at Bucknell University, in Pennsylvania, has been named president of Franklin &...
Academic Minute: Future of Data Science Jobs
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Siena College Week, Chester Brearey, associate professor of accounting at Siena, discusses why...
Levine to Step Down at Woodrow Wilson
Arthur Levine announced Thursday that he will step down next year as president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation...
Damages, Damages
Federal jury says a professor of business at Columbia retaliated against a former junior faculty member when she complained of harassment. Columbia is liable for retaliation on his behalf.
Coleman University Will Close
Coleman University, a nonprofit private vocational university, will close, NBC 7 reported. Officials blamed financial and accreditation issues. Coleman has...
Report: Education Dept. Will End 'Gainful' Rules
The Education Department plans to eliminate rather than revise Obama-era rules that required for-profit and vocational programs to prove that...
The Mediated Mind in the Rearview Mirror
Scott McLemee examines Susan Zieger’s The Mediated Mind: Affect, Ephemera, and Consumerism in the Nineteenth Century, which helps put into clear view the impact of mass media culture on the way we live now.