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Senator Wants to Block Engineering Students From Iran
Many academic groups cheered last month when the University of Massachusetts at Amherst reversed an automatic ban on Iranian students...
Academic Minute: Alcoholism and Worm Experiments
In today's Academic Minute, Jon Pierce-Shimomura, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, discusses his worm intoxication research...
German Professor Rejects Student, Citing India's 'Rape Problem'
A German professor turned down an Indian man’s request to join her research group, citing India’s “rape problem,” The Independent...
From Oxford to UT Austin?
Andrew Hamilton, vice chancellor of the University of Oxford, has become the favorite to become the next president of the...
Faculty Views on Digital Courseware
Tyton Partners, the former Education Growth Advisors, this week released the first of three papers based on surveys it conducted...
Purdue Delays Changes in Policy on Leaves
Purdue University sent a letter to employees Monday saying that major changes in its policy on leave days would not...
Tensions at Northern Michigan on Revived Newspaper
Administrators and student journalists at Northern Michigan University have seen relations deteriorate since the student newspaper The North Wind started...
Russian Universities Are Behind on Student Stipends
More than 40 Russian universities -- including such leading institutions at Moscow State University -- have been missing deadlines on...