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Academic Minute: Socioeconomics and the College Experience
In today’s Academic Minute, Jenny Stuber of the University of North Florida explains why students from different socioeconomic backgrounds experience...
Roger Williams U. Goes Test-Optional
Roger Williams University has announced that it will no longer require applicants to submit SAT or ACT scores. "While we...
Drinks for Historians
The American Historical Association, trying to build buzz for its annual meeting in January in New Orleans, is asking historians...
NSF Offers Chance for Grad Students to Work Abroad
The National Science Foundation on Wednesday announced an expansion of its graduate fellows program that will allow selected graduate students...
Notre Dame Approves Gay-Straight Alliance
The University of Notre Dame on Wednesday announced that it would create a recognized gay-straight alliance as a student organization...
Academic Minute: The Psychology of Sentencing
In today’s Academic Minute, James Tabery of the University of Utah explains how a psychological diagnosis of a defendant can...
The Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement
An article in The New York Times looks at a growing student movement to push colleges to sell their endowment...
Uproar at Penn State Over Sorority Photo Mocking Mexicans
Officials at Pennsylvania State University are condemning a party by Chi Omega sorority at which members wore sombreros and fake...