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Academics Decry Indian University for Dropping Controversial Text
Academics and literary figures are questioning the decision by Delhi University to stop teaching an essay by a respected academic...
Academic Minute: Art and the Neuroscience of Color
In today’s Academic Minute, Bevil Conway explains how the brain creates color and reveals methods artists have used to compensate...
Study: Freshman 15 Is Boloney
A recent nationwide study found that the shared student experience of the "freshman 15" is nothing more than a myth...
Defining 'Direct Threat' by Student With Mental Health Disability
The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has released a letter finding Spring Arbor University to have violated...
Cooper Union May Start Charging Tuition
Cooper Union, which has offered a top engineering and architecture education without charging anyone tuition for more than a century...
Elizabeth Warren Campaign Wins Support From Academics
Republicans have for weeks been attacking Elizabeth Warren, who is running for the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate seat...
Dutch Researcher Found to Have Faked Data in 30 Articles
Investigations by Tilburg and Groningen Universities, in the Netherlands, have found that Diederik Stapel faked research data that was used...
Academic Minute: Nostalgia for Communism
In today’s Academic Minute, Kristen Ghodsee of Bowdoin College explains why after only two decades, many former Eastern Bloc countries...