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Back From Utopia
This year’s quincentennial of Sir Thomas More’s Utopia coincides with an exceptionally spirit-blighting presidential election, making his work especially relevant, writes Scott McLemee.
More Racist Graffiti at Eastern Michigan
In September, students and others at Eastern Michigan University were shaken by several incidents of racist graffiti being found on...
Harvard Women Respond to Sexist 'Scouting Report'
Six women who were among the subjects of a "scouting report" that made sexist and demeaning rankings of the physical...
Qualified for Election
What makes a candidate qualified for political office? In today's Academic Minute, Shippensburg University's Cynthia Botteron explains how other countries...
Law Schools Flagged for Job Data
A random review finds five of 10 institutions fell short on backing up claims about graduates' job placement success.
‘Deplorable’ NYU Prof on Leave
An NYU professor who used an anonymous Twitter account to criticize the university, trigger warnings, safe spaces and the ‘academic left’ is on paid leave days after his identity was revealed. What happened?
Free Speech and a Fake Lynching
University of Wisconsin says fans’ offensive costumes depicting a lynched President Obama are protected by First Amendment. Black alumni say incident is the latest in “a long pattern of ineffective responses to a growing racially hostile environment.”
Indian University's Bumpy Entry Into the U.S.
Under scrutiny from regulators in Massachusetts, where it hoped to acquire a campus, Amity University focuses its plans for U.S. expansion on just-purchased campus on Long Island.