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A Call for Restoring Year-Round Pell
The 2011 decision to end a short-lived program that let students earn two Pell Grants in a single academic year...
Columbia College Adjuncts Drop Illinois Education Association
Members of Columbia College’s part-time faculty association, “P-Fac,” voted 232 to 50 to disaffiliate from the Illinois Education Association, they...
U. of Oregon Releases 22,000 Pages of Private Records
The University of Oregon is investigating why it released 22,000 pages of information with confidential information about students and faculty...
NYU Student Charged in Bizarre Crime
Authorities have arrested a New York University student and charged him with setting the mattress on which a fellow student...
Call for Academics at Saudi University to Speak Out
Eighteen Nobel laureates have written to Saudi academics, urging them to publicly oppose the jailing and caning of a blogger...
Academic Minute: Outstanding Guppies
In today's Academic Minute, Kimberly Hughes, a biologist at Florida State University, analyzes the reproductive advantage colorful guppies have over...
Educause Names New CEO
The higher education IT organization Educause, after a seven-month search, has found its next president: John O'Brien, senior vice chancellor...
Activists Launch Fund to Help Adjuncts Pay Bills
Adjuncts facing temporary financial hardship may soon seek out help from PrecariCorps, a new nonprofit organization founded by fellow adjuncts...