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Academic Minute: Snowy Owls
In today’s Academic Minute, John Fitzpatrick of Cornell University explains what we can learn about climate change by observing Snowy...
International Students Return to Japan
Japanese universities are reporting, to their relief, that most of the international students who left the country after the tsunami...
Cooley Law School Sues Bloggers and Lawyers
The Thomas M. Cooley Law School, a freestanding institution in Michigan, on Thursday sued four anonymous individuals who have posted...
NSF Publishes Reports on State of Academic Research
The National Science Foundation has published new reports on how federal research dollars flowed to colleges and universities in 2009...
Remedial Plus
A community college in Chicago finds that study groups can dramatically improve passage rates. But faculty worry that changes in grading rules are a key reason for the improvements.
A New Majority
Women are taking more spots on deans' councils. At U. of Richmond, 4 of 5 deans are women. Will they change academic leadership?
Texas Endowment Managers Worry About What's Next
The mammoth endowment fund of the University of Texas is planning to double the $50 million hedge it maintains in...
Conflict of Interest Seen in Mortgage Study
A research report released last month by two George Washington University professors argued for weakening the role of the Federal...