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Politically Connected Hires at UMass Boston
At least seven people with connections to state government have been hired by the University of Massachusetts at Boston in...
Academic Minute: More Single People Than Ever Before
Today on the Academic Minute, Bella DePaulo, project scientist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, examines if this is...
#shortacademichorrorstory
Many academics have been having fun with a hashtag -- #shortacademichorrorstory -- suggested this week by Jonathan Peelle, a cognitive...
Man Charged in Threats Against Evergreen State
Authorities in New Jersey have charged Robert W. Kerekes Jr., who lives in the state, with making phone threats that...
A New* System for Student Success Planning
EAB, a research and technology services company, says the time is right for an enterprise-level “student success management system.” Other vendors wonder what took them so long.
Opinion
Stranger in a Strange Land
If you want a classroom where students can speak freely and assess dangerous ideas, then you can't be a helicopter professor -- whether you’re a liberal, conservative or something in between, writes Francis J. Beckwith.
Opinion
Good Old-Fashioned Nostalgia
Scott McLemee highlights another round of titles from next season’s offerings from university presses.
White Supremacy Spillover
Some University of Virginia students are fearful that nearby white supremacist activity will encroach on campus.