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Apology to Washington U Black Students
Officials of Clayton, Mo., issued a statement Thursday apologizing for how the city's police department treated 10 black freshmen at...
Academic Minute: Teen Energy Drink Use
Today on the Academic Minute, Sean Nordt, a professor of pharmacy at Chapman University, looks into the effect energy drinks...
Building Names, Racism and Florida State
Florida State University has announced plans to seek legislative approval to change the name of its law school building and...
Opinion
The Human Particulars
Scott McLemee continues his roundup of upcoming titles from university presses, focusing this time on books that consider our origins and prospects as a species, as well as the bioethical dilemmas we're creating for ourselves.
Do Parents Have a Favorite Child?
Do parents have a favorite child? In today's Academic Minute, SUNY Oneonta's Lambrianos Nikiforidis explains how bias for the same...
Presidents Who Leave Liberal Arts Colleges
A handful of college presidents have decided to make the unusual move from a liberal arts college to a professionally oriented institution. Despite love for the liberal arts, they say the time was right -- for many reasons.
Academic Minute: Do Parents Have a Favorite Child?
Today on the Academic Minute, Lambrianos Nikiforidis, assistant professor of marketing at SUNY Oneonta, explains how bias for the same...
Democrats Want IRS to Clarify Student Debt Relief Won't Be Taxed
Washington Senator Patty Murray and Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, both Democrats, asked the IRS and Treasury Department in a letter...