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Study: Brexit May Help German Universities
New research from Aarhus University, in Denmark, predicts that German universities will see gains from Brexit, as British universities lose...
Opinion
A Dry Story
Almost a century after Prohibition went into effect, we remember it as Puritanism run amok. Scott McLemee looks into a book taking a different view.
Opinion
Skills Don’t Matter (Outside Their Context)
Colleges and universities shouldn't care about, or recognize, skills that aren't woven into a program of study that gives them meaning, Johann N. Neem argues.
New Presidents or Provosts: Cabrillo College, City College of New York, Cheyney U of Pa., Florida A&M U, Indiana State U, Middle Georgia State U, Silver Lake College, Tulsa CC-Northeast, U of Connecticut
Jon Anderson, professor of management and former deputy provost at the University of West Georgia, has been selected as provost...
Canceling Plans for a China Campus
Dutch university calls off ambitious branch campus in China amid both practical objections to the campus plans and principled concerns about academic freedom.
Academic Minute: Learning From Mistakes
Today on the Academic Minute, Samuel Sober, assistant professor in the biology department at Emory University, explores which part of...
Does Tenure Process Keep Professors Focused on U.S.?
Authors discuss their new book that suggests American higher education -- especially in the social sciences -- is less globally minded than rhetoric might make you think.
U of Central Florida Will Manage Arecibo Observatory
The National Science Foundation announced Thursday that the University of Central Florida will manage the Arecibo Observatory, a major radio...