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VA Drops Plan to Nix Ethics Rule
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on Wednesday dropped a controversial plan to suspend an ethics law that prevents its...
Sense of Place
Our physical environment affects us in many ways. In today's Academic Minute, Montana State University's Susan Gilbertz looks into how...
The New, Improved IPEDS
A decade in the making, upgrade of the federal government’s main higher ed database enables tracking part-time and adult students and gauging graduation rates for Pell Grant recipients. Limits remain, though.
Sociology's ‘Mic Drop’ Moment
Social scientists clap back at U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts after he calls data on partisan gerrymandering “sociological gobbledygook.”
2 More Campus Speakers Shouted Down
Columbia students prevent British anti-Islam activist from talking via video. Michigan students block part of Charles Murray talk.
Tweet About Professor Goes Viral (in a Good Way)
Twitter isn’t always friendly to academics; professors have been bashed and threatened via the medium (and sometimes professors do the...
Tufts Adjuncts Reach Second Contract Agreement
Part-time lecturers at Tufts University’s School of Arts and Sciences reached a second, tentative contract deal, averting a strike planned...
Opinion
Making Research Matter: A Public Challenge to Scholars
Academics need to reach across political and ideological divides to bring their research expertise to bear on the policy issues of the day, writes Linda Stamato.