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National Spelling Bee Goes Pay-to-Play
The Scripps National Spelling Bee was until last year a contest that could only be entered by winning regional contests...
A Ph.D., 50 Years After Being Sexually Harassed
The University of Chicago helped Marylin Webb finish her Ph.D. in educational psychology some 50 years after she left her...
Scientist Fired From Emory Disputes Charges
A neuroscientist fired by Emory University for allegedly failing to disclose funding and ties to Chinese institutions is disputing the...
Sultan of Brunei Returns Honorary Oxford Degree
Students and others at the University of Oxford have been demanding that the university revoke an honorary degree awarded in...
Illinois Will End Residential M.B.A.
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign announced Friday that it plans to shut down its residential M.B.A. programs -- full-time...
Academic Minute: World War I Poetry
Today on the Academic Minute: Lorie Vanchena, associate professor in the department of Germanic languages and literatures at the University...
MIT Bioengineer Accused of Research Misconduct
A new paper in mAbs alleges that Ram Sasisekharan, professor of biological engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, claimed two...
Democratic Primary Voters Back Student Loan Forgiveness in Poll
A majority of Democratic primary voters say they favor some form of student loan forgiveness in a Newsy/Ipsos poll released...