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Rand Paul's New Target: Peer Review
Senator Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, last week introduced legislation that has captured the attention of science groups. Paul's bill...
Investigation of Comments on Trans People
The State University of New York at Geneseo is investigating whether an instructor made anti-transgender comments in a sociology course...
Overhaul Planned for China's College Entrance Exam
China is overhauling its national college entrance exam, the gaokao, with plans to be finished by 2020, the People’s Daily...
Academic Minute: Abusive Bosses
Today on the Academic Minute, Trevor Foulk, assistant professor in the school of business at the University of Maryland, examines...
Admissions Insider: Erosion of SAT Subject Tests
In "Admissions Insider," this week: As colleges drop requirements that applicants submit SAT Subject Test scores, how are experts changing...
Grandfather Clause on Grants Assures Black Colleges
Officials of the U.S. Education Department met last week with leaders of groups that represent historically black colleges, and appear...
Report: Risk Sharing, ‘Flexible’ Pell on White House Wish List
A memorandum that reportedly represents a "wish list" of initiatives the White House plans to include in its 2019 budget...
Adjunct Arrested at Board Meeting
An adjunct professor at St. Louis Community College was arrested last week during a Board of Trustees meeting after he...