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Summer Bridge Helps Community College Students Pass Math and Writing
A new study tracking 1,300 mostly Hispanic college students who participated in intensive "summer bridge" programs found that the students...
Academic Minute: Eyewitness Reliability
In today’s Academic Minute, Emily Stark of Minnesota State University at Mankato reveals how the presence of a weapon can...
Portrait of Minority-Group Professors in the Sciences
African-American scholars who earned their Ph.D.s at highly research intensive universities are significantly less likely than white, Latino and Asian...
Instructor of Stuttering Student Defends Conduct
The instructor at the County College of Morris whose treatment of a student with a stutter was the subject of...
Law School Where Dean Quit in Protest Will Get More Money
In July, University of Baltimore officials denied allegations made by Phillip Closius, who in an e-mail about his resignation as...
Second Thoughts on Branch Campuses
How financially risky are some international branch campuses? The Boston Globe reported, in explaining why some American colleges are having...
Florida Governor Attacked Field His Daughter Studied
Many anthropologists remain furious at Governor Rick Scott, a Florida Republican, for saying this week that his state doesn't need...