In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Southampton's Gareth Dyke examines how a newly discovered fossil is complicating the story of how and when flight evolved.
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Doug Lederman, editor, is one of the three founders of Inside Higher Ed. With Scott Jaschik, he leads the site's editorial operations, overseeing news content, opinion pieces, career advice, blogs and other features. Doug speaks widely about higher education, including on C-Span and National Public Radio and at meetings around the country, and his work has appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, the Nieman Foundation Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, and the Princeton Alumni Weekly. Doug was managing editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education from 1999 to 2003. Before that, Doug had worked at The Chronicle since 1986 in a variety of roles, first as an athletics reporter and editor. He has won three National Awards for Education Reporting from the Education Writers Association, including one in 2009 for a series of Inside Higher Ed articles he co-wrote on college rankings. He began his career as a news clerk at The New York Times. He grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and graduated in 1984 from Princeton University. Doug lives with his wife, Sandy, and their two children in Bethesda, Md.
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April 9, 2013
In today’s Academic Minute, Newcastle University's Tom Smulders examines why our fingers become wrinkly after prolonged exposure to water.
April 9, 2013
A committee of Colorado's House of Representatives killed legislation Monday that would have allowed the state's community colleges to offer four-year degrees, citing concerns about whether the state could afford to create new degree programs, the Associated Press reported.
April 8, 2013
In today’s Academic Minute, Georgia Southern University's Alex Hastings discusses how work on the Panama Canal has helped paleontologists gain a better understanding of crocodile evolution.
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