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Higher Education in Draft Democratic Party Platform
The Democratic National Committee last Friday released a draft party platform that included no surprises on higher education. The draft's...
Cambridge Scholar Bares All to Protest Brexit
An economics scholar at the University of Cambridge attended a faculty meeting naked last week in protest of the British...
Academic Minute: Human Perception
Today on the Academic Minute, Eric Taylor, postdoctoral research fellow in the department of psychology at the University of Toronto...
Short-Term Budget Deal Aids Illinois Colleges, Students
Governor Bruce Rauner of Illinois signed legislation last week that will fund the state's public colleges and universities and the...
Science Groups: Congress Must Accept Climate Change
Thirty-one scientific societies last week wrote to members of Congress, urging them to accept that climate change is real. The...
Elie Wiesel's Years in Academe
Elie Wiesel, the Nobel laureate who died Saturday, was a Holocaust survivor who spent much of his career writing about...
Critical Investigation of New Jersey's Loan Program
New Jersey's state student loan program lacks protections that federal and many state programs have, according to an investigation by...
The Pro-Gun Group Behind Campus Shooting Clubs
The National Shooting Sports Foundation, which promotes gun use and lobbies against gun restrictions, has given more than $1 million...