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East Carolina Will Drop Name of Racist From Dormitory
The board of East Carolina University voted Friday to remove the name of Charles Aycock, a former North Carolina governor...
Second UMKC Professor Resigns in Ranking Scandal
The University of Missouri at Kansas City on Friday announced that John Norton has resigned as a faculty member of...
U.S. Proposes Rules for Higher Ed Innovation Program
The U.S. Education Department is today proposing rules for carrying out the First in the World Program, the Obama administration's...
Academic Minute: Coral Reef Ecology
In today's Academic Minute, Cliff Ross, a marine biologist at the University of North Florida, discusses his research on the...
New University System to Focus on Health Careers
A new university system focused on health care -- and financed in an unusual way -- was announced this morning...
Legislators Move to Oust Board of South Carolina State
Legislators are offering competing plans to oust the board of South Carolina State University, The State reported. South Carolina State...
Academic Minute: Joseph Bonaparte’s Point Breeze Estate
In today's Academic Minute, Richard Veit, an anthropologist at Monmouth University, offers a historical profile of Point Breeze, the lavish...
Anna Deavere Smith to Deliver Jefferson Lecture
The National Endowment for the Humanities announced Thursday that Anna Deavere Smith will deliver the 44th Jefferson Lecture on April...