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Trump Seeks Deep Cuts in Education and Science
Proposals would keep Pell level, but cut work-study and TRIO and eliminate SEOG. In science, president would make massive cuts to NIH and research at Energy Department. And budget formally seeks to kill NEH and AmeriCorps.
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...
Rejecting 'Campus Illiberalism'
Ideological odd couple Robert George and Cornel West issue joint statement -- attracting thousands of signatures -- in wake of shouting down of a speaker at Middlebury.
Competency at Scale
Big for-profit American Public now offers competency-based undergraduate degrees that don’t rely on the credit-hour standard, but federal aid isn’t part of the mix, for now.
New Presidents or Provosts: Duke U, Flagler College, Halifax CC, Hastings College, Hollins U, Mercy College (N.Y.), Ohio Northern U, Pomona College, South Piedmont CC, Valdosta State U
Richard A. Carvajal, interim president of Darton State College, in Georgia, has been named president of Valdosta State University, also...
Hiring Erodes Power From UMass Boston Chancellor
New details show the hiring of former Bowdoin College president Barry Mills to a top position at the University of...
Four-Year Degree Costs Drop at California Systems
Institutional costs per degree at California’s two public four-year higher education systems dropped by almost one-fifth from 1987 to 2013...
Academic Minute: Older Adults, Exercise and Arthritis
Today on the Academic Minute, Dorothy Dunlop, professor of medicine at Northwestern University, examines whether merely being active is enough...