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Kansas Faculty Senate Affirms Free Speech
University of the Kansas’ Faculty Senate has voted to affirm free speech rights and academic freedom for faculty members, following...
Web Editor Who Treated Scholar Rudely Is Fired
The website Biology-Online has fired an employee whose response to a postdoc infuriated many who learned of the incident. An...
A Call for More Academic Freedom in Iran
Iranian President Hassan Rohani is calling for more freedom for students and professors at his country's universities, Radio Liberty reported...
Charges and Countercharges at Alabama State U.
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley, a Republican, on Monday released an audit he commissioned that found possible fraud and waste, conflicts...
Calif. Panel Calls for New Higher Ed 'Master Plan,' Key Role for Technology
California needs a new higher education master plan to replace the "obsolete" guiding principles state leaders embraced more than 50...
Study: Many Endowments Change Spending Policies
A new report from the National Bureau of Economic Research (abstract available here) finds that college and university endowments change...
Making It Easier to Identify Sex Offenders on Campus
Florida, like many states, has a searchable registry of sex offenders. But for the first time, the registry offers a...
A Bonus Year for Rutgers President
Robert Barchi's first year as president of Rutgers University has had plenty of controversy: athletics scandals, questions about athletics spending...