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MLA Calls for Colleges to Offer Language Programs
Amid numerous proposed cuts to language programs in higher education, the Executive Council of the Modern Language Association has issued...
House Panel Would Cut $20 Million from NEH Budget
A House of Representatives appropriations subcommittee on Thursday backed legislation that would provide $20 million less to the National Endowment...
Literature Review on Remedial Education
MDRC, the research organization, this week released "Unlocking the Gate," a literature review on what is known about remedial education...
New Effort for Research on Global Development
The National Science Foundation and the Agency for International Development on Thursday announced a new effort to promote research to...
A-Twitter in Iowa: A $37,000 Scholarship for a Tweet
Evidence that Twitter-mania is taking hold, for better or worse, in higher education: The University of Iowa's business school is...
Academic Minute: Alice Munro
In today’s Academic Minute, St. Lawrence University's Robert Thacker discusses the work of author Alice Munro. Find out more about...
The Link Between Childbearing and Women's Education
A study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academic of Sciences raises questions about the reasons that...
Texas Dean Pushes Back at 'Breakthrough Solutions'
A dean at the University of Texas at Austin on Wednesday described as short-sighted and ineffective a set of policy...