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Peer Review by Twitter
As social media tools are increasingly used to respond to scientific papers published in peer-reviewed journals, many researchers are frustrated...
Campaign Donations and Board Appointments
More than two-thirds of the people appointed to the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees by the current governor and...
Dutch Students Protest Cuts to Universities
Thousands of Dutch students protested Friday against planned government cuts to universities, Dutch News reported. Students have particularly objected to...
Obama Honors Science Mentors
President Obama on Friday named 11 individuals and 4 organizations as recipients of the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science...
Threats Follow Glenn Beck Attacks on CUNY Scholar
Frances Fox Piven, a noted sociology professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center, has become the target...
N.C. Community Colleges May Bar Students Who Raise Safety Issues
North Carolina's State Board for Community Colleges voted Friday to permit community colleges in the state to bar the enrollment...
Retention Ups and Downs
First- to second-year retention rates are edging up at community colleges, and down at four-year colleges, according to an analysis...
What the Republican Budget Hawks Would Eliminate
The Republican Study Committee -- a G.O.P. caucus focused on cutting federal spending -- on Thursday unveiled its plans to...