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Older Adults, Exercise and Arthritis
Is merely being active enough, or is there a right way to stay in motion? In today's Academic Minute, Northwestern...
‘Too Much, Too Fast’?
GOP’s Higher Education Act rewrite would give a boost to competency-based education, short-term certificates and alternative providers, but experts worry about the bill’s lack of safeguards.
Apparent Relief for Grad Students
Reports indicate congressional negotiators have dropped repeal of tax-exempt tuition waivers for graduate students and other provisions affecting higher ed from final tax-reform bill.
Growing Number of Borrowers Are in Default
The U.S. Department of Education this week released new federal loan data showing that 4.6 million student loan borrowers were...
Academic Minute: Older Adults, Exercise and Arthritis
Today on the Academic Minute, Dorothy Dunlop, professor of medicine at Northwestern University, examines whether being active is enough, or...
Gender Gap in Academic Seminar Questions
Men are far more likely to ask, study finds.
Is Anyone Reading This Headline?
Authors of statistics textbook proudly declared, in a footnote, that no one reads footnotes. Photos of the footnote keep going viral.
When Students Are Fair Game
Professors typically refrain from talking about their now-notable former students publicly, but some feel moved to do so in the public interest, good or bad.