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Academic Minute: Simulating Oil Spills in the Lab
Today on the Academic Minute, Piero Gardinali, professor in the department of chemistry and biochemistry at Florida International University, describes...
Analysis of Gains in Higher Ed State Funding
State funding for public colleges and universities rose in 43 states this year, compared with increases in 32 states last...
Chronic Skin Wounds
Wavelengths of light could help heal chronic wounds. In today's Academic Minute, the University of Arkansas's Kyle Quinn discusses this...
Troubled International Ties
Spurred by Khashoggi killing, MIT says it will strengthen review of collaborations in countries where governments are engaged in human rights violations but won't override faculty prerogative or terminate existing Saudi-sponsored projects.
Art School Shakeout
The smallest art colleges are struggling in a fiercely competitive market. Why are they showing such signs of stress? And can larger liberal arts colleges learn from their successes and missteps?
Economist Uses Her Body to Fight Brexit
Scholar at University of Cambridge hopes to use her naked body to go beyond what she can do in academic writing.
I Can't Believe It's Not Tenure
Tenure is again at risk in Iowa. Some scholars say legislators should study their own history, since a case during World War II is to many experts a classic example of why protecting academic freedom matters.
At Williams, a New Way to Help Low-Income Students
Many colleges, even those with exceptionally generous aid programs for low-income students, require aid recipients to contribute some summer earnings...