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3 Columbia U Students Killed on Mission in Honduras
Three students were killed and others injured when a bus carrying members of a Columbia University volunteer group crashed on...
Are Conservative Law Professors More Productive?
A new study, forthcoming in the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, suggests that conservative and libertarian professors are...
Admissions Officers Check Applicants on Social Media
About 40 percent of admissions officers say they research applicants on social media, according to a survey released Wednesday by...
Sluggish Recovery of State Funding for Public Colleges
State funding for public higher education has increased in the five years since the recession. However, those increases are not...
U of Missouri Punishes Itself for Basketball Violations
The University of Missouri at Columbia said it would bar its men's basketball team from postseason play this season and...
Black Students Less Likely to Seek Mental Health Help
African-American students feel less mentally prepared for college than white students do but are also less likely to discuss those...
Report: Colleges Reduce Emissions
Colleges and universities reduced their emissions by 13 percent per square foot between 2007 and 2014, according to a report...
Academic Minute: Driver Distractions
Today on the Academic Minute, David Strayer, professor of psychology at the University of Utah, explores the rise of infotainment...