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U California Regents Criticized for Party Spending
An article in the San Francisco Chronicle detailing spending on lavish parties by the University of California Board of Regents...
Academic Minute: Fruit Flies and Obesity
Today in the Academic Minute, Marla Sokolowski, professor in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of...
Moving Student Loans to Treasury Gets Little Traction
The Trump administration has held internal discussions about relocating some functions of the Department of Education to other federal agencies...
Maryland Governor Vetoes ‘Ban the Box’ Bill
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has vetoed legislation that would have barred colleges from asking about a prospective student’s criminal history...
Sister Joel Read, Assessment Pioneer, Dies
Sister Joel Read (right), former president of Alverno College, died Thursday at the age of 91. She was named president...
Controversy Over Diversity Office at Salem College
Salem College, which faced protests this year from minority students, has dismissed the head of its Office of Diversity and...
Chinese Professor Blocked From Social Media
A law professor at Peking University who has been a prominent critic of the Chinese government will no longer publish...
Sierra Nevada Puts Faculty Contracts on Hold
Sierra Nevada College has notified all faculty members, who normally receive contracts for the next academic year in May, that...