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Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Stem Cell Research
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal of a lawsuit challenging (without success) the right of...
Humboldt State, Mocked by Jimmy Kimmel, Invites Him to Campus
When Humboldt State University announced the creation of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research (to focus on marijuana policy analysis)...
Does U. of Wyoming Need Out-of-State Trustees?
Legislation proposed in Wyoming would expand the board of the University of Wyoming from 12 to 14, allowing the additional...
ITT's $46 Million Settlement
ITT Educational Services, a for-profit college chain specializing in technical programs, last week announced that it had agreed to a...
Academic Minute: Psychology of the Handshake
In today’s Academic Minute, Florin Dolcos of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign explains the importance of the handshake in...
How Economics Journals Have Evolved
A new analysis released by the National Bureau of Economic Research (abstract available here) tracks the changes among the five...
Shrinking Payoff of Earning an MBA
The financial payoff of earning an M.B.A. appears to be shrinking. The Wall Street Journal reported that for M.B.A. graduates...
Paper Calls for Changes to Financial Aid
In a white paper released today, the Institute for Higher Education Policy calls for several changes to the financial aid...