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Court Puts Stem Cell Rules on Hold
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Monday barring new federal support for stem cell research under the rules issued...
Connecticut Sues Ex-Investment Chief at Wesleyan
Connecticut's attorney general, Richard Blumenthal, announced that he is joining a suit by Wesleyan University against Thomas Kannam, the university's...
Doctoral Rankings Will Be Released Sept. 28
The day some thought would never come has finally been set. After years of delays, methodology changes and griping about...
Tenure-Track Slots Drop at Academic Medical Centers
The proportion of new faculty members at medical schools and academic medical centers who are hired on the tenure track...
Gay Kiss Roils South African University
Kiss-ins involving pairs of men and women wouldn't stun many American campuses, but at Stellenbosch University, a very traditional Afrikaans...
Another Academic Freedom Debate in Israel
A right-wing group is calling on Israel's Ben Gurion University to alter its political science department -- accused by the...
Delayed Start for U.S. Panel on Accreditation
The Education Department has pushed back the first meeting of its reconstituted advisory committee on accreditation. The National Advisory Committee...
Adjuncts Unionize at Central Michigan
Non-tenure-track faculty members at Central Michigan University have voted to unionize and to affiliate with the American Federation of Teachers...