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Fighting to Keep Leaders Who Are Academics
UW Madison professors oppose legislative proposal to ban university system from requiring that campus chancellors and presidents have academic backgrounds.
Scholar at Illinois Kidnapped, Presumed Dead
Authorities have charged a former Ph.D. candidate with kidnapping a visiting scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Yingying...
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Who’s Afraid of Course Requirements?
Without rigor and cohesive requirements, the liberal arts will eventually confront a future of irrelevance, argues Michael B. Poliakoff.
Ex-Regent at Baylor Called Students ‘Perverted Little Tarts’
In a lawsuit against Baylor University, 10 women who brought complaints of sexual assault against other Baylor students say the...
Academic Minute: Empathy
Today on the Academic Minute, Michael Poulin, associate professor in the department of psychology at the University at Buffalo, discusses...
Afghan Girls’ Robotics Team Denied Entry to U.S.
Visas for a group of Afghan high school girls were denied recently, meaning the team can’t enter the U.S. to...
VP at Pitt CC Charged With DWI, Hit-and-Run
A vice president at Pitt Community College in Winterville, N.C., has been charged with driving while intoxicated, as well as...
Flip-Flop on Church and State
East Central University, facing complaint, agrees to remove religious symbols from chapel. But after criticism, institution halts the removal.