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Northern Illinois Fires Police Chief
Northern Illinois University has fired Donald Grady as police chief, The Chicago Tribune reported. Grady was hailed as a hero...
Clerical Workers Unionize at U. of Akron
Clerical and support staff workers at the University of Akron have voted to unionize and to be represented by the...
Los Angeles Community College Chancellor to Resign
Daniel LaVista, chancellor of the Los Angeles Community College District since 2010, has announced he will be leaving the position...
Academic Minute: Seafloor Microbes
In today’s Academic Minute, Jan Amend of the University of Southern California explains efforts to understand microbes that live deep...
Martin Scorsese to Deliver Jefferson Lecture
Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese will deliver the 2013 Jefferson Lecture, the National Endowment for the Humanities announced Tuesday. Scorsese...
Prevalence of Dual Credit in K-12
New data from the U.S. Department of Education show that students at 82 percent of high schools in the United...
Caltech President Will Leave to Lead Saudi University
Jean-Lou Chameau announced Tuesday that he will be stepping down as president of the California Institute of Technology, and will...
Legislators Rally Around U. of Texas President
Texas legislators are rallying around Bill Powers, the University of Texas at Austin president who may be the target of...