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Academic Minute: Trust in Government and Health
Today on the Academic Minute: Robert Blair, assistant professor of political science and international and public affairs at Brown University...
Surge in Unions for Adjuncts at Private Colleges
Non-tenure-track faculty members at private colleges are unionizing at an unprecedented rate, according to a new study published in The...
Social Science Groups Criticize Trump on Pipeline
The American Anthropological Association and the American Psychological Association have issued statements of concern over President Trump's decision to revive...
PLOS Co-Founder Launches Senate Bid
Michael B. Eisen, the professor of genetics, genomics and development at the University of California at Berkeley who helped found...
Cornell Receives $150M Gift for Business School
Cornell University on Saturday announced a $150 million gift for its business school, which was created last year as a...
Anger Over Man Wearing Swastika at U of Florida
A man wearing a swastika armband appeared at the University of Florida on Tuesday and Thursday, with his second visit...
Laughing Gas and Whipped Cream
Laughing gas is used for more than laughing. In today's Academic Minute, the University of Connecticut's Nicholas Leadbeater discusses a...
‘Regaining Public Trust’
Educators deliberate how to promote liberal education and push back on attacks on academe -- in part by being more open about areas in which higher education has been weak.