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Bio Prospecting
We’ve all heard of gold rush prospectors, but how about bio prospectors? In today's Academic Minute, Jeffrey Gardner of the...
MLA Votes to ‘Refrain’ From Backing Israel Boycott
Move -- by 2-to-1 margin -- follows several years of heated debates at association’s annual meetings.
For-Credit MOOC: Best of Both Worlds at MIT?
MIT students reported that taking course online -- instead of same course on campus -- was less stressful than their in-person classes.
Reset of Rules Aimed at For-Profits Begins
Trump administration will suspend borrower defense and renegotiate gainful employment, two Obama administration rules aimed at reining in for-profit colleges. Moves draw rebukes from Democrats and student advocates.
British Election Restores Tuition Debate
Young voters, angered over what they must pay to attend universities, were a big part of the Labour Party’s revival.
Tracking Transfer in Connecticut
Bill would require the state’s public universities to release data on credit acceptance for transfer students as well as graduation rates for those students.
Another Women's College Will Admit Men
The University of Saint Joseph will admit full-time undergraduate men starting in the fall of 2018 following a decision by...
Academic Minute: Bio Prospecting
Today on the Academic Minute, Jeffrey Gardner, assistant professor in the department of biological sciences at the University of Maryland...