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Higher Ed Inflation Slows in Fiscal 2020
Inflation for U.S. colleges and universities rose 1.9 percent in the 2020 fiscal year -- a smaller increase than the...
Court Backs Fordham in Barring Palestinian Rights Group
A New York State appellate court sided with Fordham University in its 2016 decision to deny recognition to a proposed...
Trump Commutes Sentence of Man Accused of Bribing Penn
President Trump on Tuesday commuted the sentence of Philip Esformes, who was serving a 20-year sentence for Medicare fraud and...
Report: Biden 'Poised' to Pick Connecticut Schools Chief as Education Secretary
President-elect Joe Biden is "poised" to pick Miguel Cardona, the schools chief in Connecticut, as U.S. education secretary, The Washington...
Academic Minute: Poe in His Right Mind
Today on the Academic Minute, Mark Canada, professor of English at Indiana University Kokomo, explores whether highly creative people are...
MIT Disciplines Professor for Gifts From Jeffrey Epstein
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has disciplined Seth Lloyd, a professor of mechanical engineering, for accepting $285,000 from Jeffrey Epstein...
Pennsylvania Urges Colleges to Delay Bringing Students Back
Pennsylvania acting secretary of education Noe Ortega has urged colleges to delay the start of their spring semesters to February...
American Student Gets Jail Time in Cayman Islands for Violating COVID-19 Rules
Skylar Mack, a premed student at Mercer University, has been sentenced to four months in jail in the Cayman Islands...