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New Programs: Cannabis, Civil Engineering, Cinematic Arts, Nursing, Data Science, Social Work, Mechatronics and Robotics, Nonprofit Management

American International College is starting an M.S. in cannabis science and commerce. Eastern Michigan University is starting a bachelor of...

‘Regulating Human Research’

Sociologist discusses her new book on the history and evolution of institutional review boards.
Opinion

The Angry Brigade

Scott McLemee reviews a crop of upcoming books focused on anger.

Foreign Gift Investigations Expand and Intensify

With investigations of Harvard and Yale, Education Department steps up its inquiry into reporting of foreign gifts to universities -- and sends a message to other institutions.

Messy Merger Forecast for ‘McCengage’

Merging two giant educational publishers was never going to be smooth sailing, but the process has been rockier than Cengage and McGraw-Hill Education expected.

When a 'Threat' Derails a Career

La Verne seeks to terminate a gadfly professor for allegedly threatening to "assassinate" a colleague. Is it going too far?
Opinion

Of Love

In his review of Eric Schwitzgebel's A Theory of Jerks and Other Philosophical Misadventures, Scott McLemee also focuses on love.

STEM's Ongoing Sex-Difference Debate

It doesn't end -- even with two new commentaries on a contentious, corrected 2018 article saying more women with more freedoms choose non-STEM majors.