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Academic Minute: Legos and Chemistry
In today’s Academic Minute, Nicholas Leadbeater of the University of Connecticut explains the similarity between molecules and Lego bricks, and...
U. of Texas Sues Over Warhol Portrait of Farrah Fawcett
The University of Texas System has sued Ryan O'Neal, the actor and long-time companion of the late Farrah Fawcett, charging...
Outrage Over Salary Plan for New San Diego State President
A plan to pay Elliot Hirshman, the new president of San Diego State University, $400,000 -- $100,000 more than his...
Jerry Brown Backs Suit to End Affirmative Action Ban
California Governor Jerry Brown filed a brief Friday backing a lawsuit that seeks to invalidate the state's referendum banning the...
Who Gets In to Oxbridge?
A new report by the Sutton Trust has added to concerns about inequities in Britain's elite universities, Times Higher Education...
Questions About 2 Papers by Harvard Biologists
One paper involving a Harvard biologist has been retracted, and another has been withdrawn, The Boston Globe reported. The retracted...
MLA Calls for Colleges to Offer Language Programs
Amid numerous proposed cuts to language programs in higher education, the Executive Council of the Modern Language Association has issued...
House Panel Would Cut $20 Million from NEH Budget
A House of Representatives appropriations subcommittee on Thursday backed legislation that would provide $20 million less to the National Endowment...