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New simulation study says peer review is better at assuring quality research than random publication choices, but some systems of review are significantly better than others. Editors seen as more effective than peer-review panels alone.

Here’s a textbook example of why not to judge a professor on a quick video clip.

The radical move might be to quit, writes Claire B. Potter.

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Author discusses his new book about why those who major in liberal arts disciplines -- and the humanities in particular -- make great employees.

Social scientists clap back at U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts after he calls data on partisan gerrymandering “sociological gobbledygook.”

Columbia students prevent British anti-Islam activist from talking via video. Michigan students block part of Charles Murray talk.

A decade in the making, upgrade of the federal government’s main higher ed database enables tracking part-time and adult students and gauging graduation rates for Pell Grant recipients. Limits remain, though.

Winners share tips and the keys to their successes. Many cite luck as a factor.