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Obama Nominates Colby President as NEH Chair
President Obama on Thursday nominated William (Bro) Adams, president of Maine's Colby College, to be chair of the National Endowment...
Indiana U. Increases Minimum Wage
Indiana University announced Thursday that it will increase the minimum wage paid to university employees to $8.25 an hour, up...
American Studies Group Says Membership Is Up
The American Studies Association announced Thursday that its membership has grown by 700 since the group took the controversial measure...
The Decline of French at Israeli Universities
Tel Aviv University is shutting down its French department, shortly after the University of Haifa made the same decision, Haaretz...
UConn Sorority Investigated for Hazing Men
A University of Connecticut sorority has been suspended while it is being investigated for hazing not of women, but of...
Exchange Organization Runs Afoul of Russian Law
A major educational exchange organization has been notified that its Moscow office is not in compliance with a Russian law...
Academic Minute: Molting Process of Grasshoppers
In today’s Academic Minute, Scott Kirkton of Union College explains his work on the biochemistry that triggers a grasshopper's molting...
$100 Million Gift for Dartmouth
Dartmouth College today announced a $100 million gift, the largest in the college's history. Half of the gift will match...