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A Robot Goes to College
Humanoid robot completes course in philosophy of love in what is purportedly a world first.
Gender Equity Targets Missed
Most Dutch universities are missing goals for hiring increased share of female faculty members.
Political Candidate Media Coverage
The stories reporters write and the stories politicians want written are not always the same. In today's Academic Minute, part...
Enrollment Slide Continues, at Slower Rate
College enrollments in the U.S. decline for a sixth straight year -- although at a slower rate -- while the bachelor's degree got more popular.
New Media Consortium Suddenly Folds
The nonprofit New Media Consortium stunned many academics and educational technology partisans Monday by announcing via email that it was...
Wisconsin Business School Dean Quits
Anne Massey announced Monday that she would resign -- after only one semester in office -- as dean of the...
Tensions in St. Louis
Protests and altercation at St. Louis Community College board meeting highlight division over layoffs and a budget deficit in a large district that is losing students.
No Room for Rebuttal
Paper in The French Review titled “Islamism’s Conquest of the French Republic” draws outcry, not only on charges of Islamophobia, but on its scholarly merit. An editor who joined in criticism is fired.