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How Not to Use Laptops Given to You by Your University
Brent Sandy, a music professor at the University of Iowa, is facing multiple criminal charges after he reported his university-issued...
Academic Minute: Language Learning Computer
In today’s Academic Minute, Tom Mitchell of Carnegie Mellon University introduces us to NELL, a language learning computer. Learn more...
U. of California Pledges 20% Reduction in Water Use by 2020
With California facing potentially dangerous shortages of water, the University of California System has pledged a 20 percent reduction in...
Study: Measuring Student Learning Is Now the Norm
A survey of senior academic affairs officers in higher education has found that 84 percent of their institutions have common...
Professors Doubt Value of Consultant at Louisville
Faculty members are raising questions about the value of a consultant -- hired for $1.1 million, primarily with no-bid contracts...
Report: Most Campuses Restrict Free Speech
Nearly 59 percent of campuses have policies that "clearly and substantially" restrict students' protected speech, according to an annual report...
Meningitis Concerns at 2 More Universities
East Tennessee State University and Loyola University Maryland are both monitoring a possible case (one at each campus) of meningitis...
World's Smallest Classroom?
You've heard of the elevator pitch? The business school of the University of British Columbia is trying out the elevator...