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Fraternity Group's Tips for Avoiding Offensive Parties
The North-American Interfraternity Conference -- whose members are no strangers to racist parties and costumes -- posted a series of...
To Prevent Bias, British Applications to Be Name Blind
In an effort to prevent racial bias, university applications in the U.K. will be “name blind” starting in 2017, Prime...
College of Charleston Starts 'Top 10%' Admissions
The College of Charleston has announced that it will start a "top 10 percent" plan for admissions. Unlike the Texas...
Radical Islamists Threaten Yemeni University Over Gender Segregation
Radical Islamists have threatened to bomb a university in southern Yemen if it does not segregate the sexes on campus...
Groups to Recognize Public Colleges' Embrace of Assessment
Two university associations plan to recognize institutions that engage in campuswide activity aimed at assessing and improving student learning, for...
Controversial Chair of North Carolina System Quits
John Fennebresque, whose tenure as chairman of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors was marked by unhappiness over...
Growing Criticism of Theory of 'Disruptive Innovation'
Clay Christensen, a professor at Harvard University's business school, has since his 1997 book The Innovator's Dilemma been widely acclaimed...
Academic Minute: Brain Function
Today on the Academic Minute, Llewellyn Padayachy, professor of neuroscience at the University of Cape Town, is looking for a...