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In Toronto, Debate Over Town, Gown and Artificial Turf
The University of Toronto is moving ahead with controversial plans to replace real grass on some of its athletics fields...
Bad Timing for Report on Humanities and Social Sciences
Next week, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is scheduled to release a report -- requested by members of...
Peer Review ... of Academic Misconduct?
A new Romanian-based website aims to crack down on research misconduct worldwide -- by encouraging scholars to submit work that...
For-Profits Get Earful from Senator Durbin
Senator Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, was sharply critical of the for-profit sector during a hearing Wednesday of the Senate...
Academic Minute: Philosophy of Children’s Books
In today’s Academic Minute, Thomas Wartenberg of Mount Holyoke College reveals the philosophical thought that exists in children’s picture books...
Poll: Most Americans Oppose Use of Race in Admissions
A large majority of Americans -- 76 percent -- oppose the consideration of race in college admissions decisions, according to...
Movers and Shakers: Emerson College, George Washington U., Harrison College, Quinnipiac U., State U. of New York at Oswego, 2U
Lisa H. Conti, assistant professor in the department of psychiatry and neuroscience at the University of Connecticut, has been appointed...
San Francisco State Foundation Will End Coal Investments
The foundation of San Francisco State University has agreed to not invest in companies "with significant production or use of...