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U. of Michigan Delays Controversial 'Shared Services' Plan
Administrators at the University of Michigan are delaying a controversial attempt at cost savings amid faculty uproar. University officials had...
Laureate’s Accreditation Problems in Chile Continue
Chile’s National Accreditation Commission has rejected the appeal of a university affiliated with the Baltimore-based for-profit education company, Laureate, after...
Academic Minute: Social Status and Accidental Death
In today’s Academic Minute, Justin Denney of Rice University reveals the connection between social status and the likelihood of death...
André Schiffrin, Influential Publisher, Dies at 78
André Schiffrin, whose work at Pantheon Books of Random House and at the New Press was influential in promoting the...
Grawemeyer Award for Music Goes to Djuro Zivkovic
“On the Guarding of the Heart,” a piece for chamber orchestra by Serbian-born composer Djuro Zivkovic was named Sunday night...
Explaining the Economic Gaps in College Enrollments
At least a quarter of the gap in college participation rates between lower and middle class students and upper class...
2011 Study Outlined Black Students' Concerns at San Jose State
Many at San Jose State University are reacting with shock and outrage to the alleged racial harassment -- for a...
Florida Lawmaker's Links to For-Profit College
An article in The Miami Herald explores links between a for-profit college whose founder spent big on political contributions and...