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Canada Celebrates and Critiques Research Hiring Spree
Canadian academics and government leaders are analyzing the results of an effort to attract top research talent from other countries...
Texas to Reconsider Naming of Dorm for Klan Leader
A committee at the University of Texas will study whether the university should maintain the name of a former Ku...
State Audit Cites Shortcomings at N.J. Student Aid Agency
New Jersey's student aid agency may have violated state ethics laws, misinterpreted executive orders on political contributions and other matters...
Another Faculty Unionizes in Wisconsin
Faculty members at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire have voted, 233 to 87, to unionize. The vote follows one last...
Specter -- Key Research Backer -- Defeated
Sen. Arlen Specter's defeat in Tuesday's Democratic primary in Pennsylvania will end a political career in which the senator was...
Is Admissions Process Too Trusting?
The Boston Globe explores the case of Adam Wheeler, the former Harvard University senior who used fraudulent materials to gain...
Historians Want Texas Standards Reconsidered
The officers and board of the American Historical Association on Tuesday issued a statement calling on the Texas State Board...
More Academic Groups Condemn Arizona
A coalition of academic associations issued a joint statement Tuesday condemning Arizona's new immigration laws. The policy "threatens to inflame...