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Conflict of Interest Seen in Mortgage Study
A research report released last month by two George Washington University professors argued for weakening the role of the Federal...
Texas Endowment Managers Worry About What's Next
The mammoth endowment fund of the University of Texas is planning to double the $50 million hedge it maintains in...
NSF Publishes Reports on State of Academic Research
The National Science Foundation has published new reports on how federal research dollars flowed to colleges and universities in 2009...
Cooley Law School Sues Bloggers and Lawyers
The Thomas M. Cooley Law School, a freestanding institution in Michigan, on Thursday sued four anonymous individuals who have posted...
International Students Return to Japan
Japanese universities are reporting, to their relief, that most of the international students who left the country after the tsunami...
Academic Minute: Snowy Owls
In today’s Academic Minute, John Fitzpatrick of Cornell University explains what we can learn about climate change by observing Snowy...
The Murdoch-Oxford Connection
The University of Oxford says that there is no need -- in light of the scandal over the conduct of...
House Panel's Bill Would Reallocate NSF Funds for 2012
WASHINGTON -- The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday approved a subcommittee's bill that would increase spending on the National Science...