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House Narrows Endowment Tax Proposal
An amendment to House Republicans' tax overhaul plan approved Monday shrinks the number of colleges that would be affected by...
Opinion
Big-Name Problems for Academe
Billie Wright Dziech examines whether academe, as well as the film industry, will finally decide to deal decisively with the challenges of sexual harassment.
Deep Brain Stimulation Affects Personality
Is your consciousness just neural functioning like the rest of your body? In today's Academic Minute, Dartmouth College's Adina Roskies...
Is Lenny Bruce Too Much for Brandeis to Handle?
Play about late comedian is called off amid student protests.
Off the Pedestal
Republican tax plan would cut off key source of borrowing and impose new taxes on wealthy institutions. Some see historic shift in view of elite universities from a public good worthy of sheltering from taxes to a source of funds for government.
The Week in Admissions News
Colleges and economic mobility; free community college; Common App problems just before early deadlines; validity study on GRE in law school admissions.
Journalism Faculty Ends Ties to NYU Abu Dhabi
The faculty of New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute have voted to suspend the institute’s relationship with the...
Opinion
Rethinking Educational Access
Higher education can no longer focus only on young people and preparation for life, writes Arthur Levine. We need to expand our vision to include reskilling and upskilling Americans across their whole lifespan.