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Anger Over Stereotypes in Textbook

Pearson vows to remove material amid uproar over advice on how nursing students should evaluate people by their racial, ethnic or religious backgrounds.

Chemistry, Without the Dreaded Organic Chem Course

Emory’s department revamps curriculum -- and moves away from the traditional model in U.S. higher education.

‘You Can Do Anything’

In his new book, George Anders makes the case -- in part with data often used against the liberal arts -- for what he calls the “surprising power” of such an education.

A Pedagogy Questioned

Penn grad student says she’s under fire on campus and off for using a teaching technique that involves specifically calling on students from underrepresented groups.

When Things Get Personal

Professors at Purdue accuse President Mitch Daniels of deflecting attention away from his “inaction” on white supremacy on campus by smearing a professor’s reputation.
Opinion

Feeding a Dangerous Fiction

University crackdowns on speech hurt everyone, writes Christopher Newfield, and renew a false, decades-old depiction of campuses as overrun by censorious radicals.

Productivity: Age Is Just a Number

New study pushes back on decades of studies suggesting that scientific productivity peaks early and declines thereafter.
Opinion

A Dangerous Precedent

Policies that punish student protesters reinforce institutionalized white supremacy, argues Charles H. F. Davis III.