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S&P Issues Bifurcated Outlook for Higher Ed
In recent years the number of credit-rating downgrades to colleges and universities has significantly outnumbered the number of upgrades given...
AAU Affirms Opposition to Israel Boycott
The Association of American Universities on Thursday issued a statement affirming its opposition to the movement to boycott Israeli universities...
Professor Told to Pay 'Comfort Women' for Defamation
A South Korean court ordered a professor to pay 10 million won, or $8,262, to each of nine women who...
Academic Minute: Grainy Digital Photographs
Today on the Academic Minute, Justin Dressel, assistant professor of physics at Chapman University, explains how quantum physics has a...
NCAA Acts on Athletes Turning Pro, Big 12 Title Game
The National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I council on Wednesday voted to give male basketball players more flexibility to test...
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...