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After Essay in Cosmo, College Asks Sorority to Halt Pledging
Union College in New York has asked current leaders of the Sigma Delta Tau chapter to put its pledging activity...
Higher Education in 2020
What will higher education look like in 2020? A new report from the Britain-based Observatory on Borderless Higher Education draws...
Academic Minute: Smoking and Familial Influence
In today’s Academic Minute, Michael Vuolo of Purdue University examines how smokers can influence a family member’s decision to pick...
Faculty Strike at Bellingham Technical College
Faculty members at Bellingham Technical College, in Washington State, went on strike Tuesday and classes were called off until the...
A New Class of MacArthur 'Genius' Awards
Academics were among the new class of MacArthur Fellows named this morning. The fellowship -- for which one can't apply...
Moody's Downgrades Howard U.'s Credit Rating
Moody's Investors Service on Tuesday announced that it has downgraded Howard University's credit rating from A3 to Baa1 (or from...
Can a President Be His Own Whistleblower?
Evan Dobelle, president of Westfield State University, is under fire for what Massachusetts officials consider to be extravagant or inappropriate...
Report Urges Changes in Federal Oversight of Teacher Training Programs
The federal government should prod states to better measure the performance of college teacher education programs and redistribute federal funds...