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A Race Against Time to Preserve University Media Collections
Irreplaceable audio and video recordings from the 20th century are languishing in university collections, deteriorating. Can they be saved?
Western Illinois U to Lay Off 24 Professors
Western Illinois University will lay off 24 faculty members, including seven who have tenure, by next summer, the institution’s Board...
'The Work of Literature in an Age of Post-Truth'
Author discusses new book about close reading in the era of Twitter, "fake news" and denigration of the liberal arts.
Class Size Matters
Do smaller classes help reduce performance gaps in science fields? Yes, according to a new study in BioScience. Researchers looked...
Transforming Higher Ed by Listening to Consumers
Strada Education NetworkSM partnered with Gallup to interview more than 250,000 U.S. adults about their educational paths and experiences after...
The Pulse: Alastair Adam of FlatWorld
This month's edition of the Pulse podcast features an interview with Alastair Adam, co-CEO of FlatWorld, a digital textbook publisher...
ACL Surgeries
A new technique to treat ACL injuries may be on the way. In today's Academic Minute, part of University of...
Supreme Court Rules Against Public-Sector Unions
High court says public employees don't have to pay regular agency fees to unions that represent them in collective bargaining and more, which could hurt faculty and staff unions.