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Academic Minute: Teaching Biology
In today’s Academic Minute, Charlene D’Avanzo of Hampshire College explains how biology professors are altering their teaching methods to address...
Do Canadians Hate Harvard?
Harvard University scholars have noted with sadness that their former colleague -- Michael Ignatieff -- suffered a devastating political defeat...
Pitzer Starts Major in Secularism
Many colleges have majors in religious studies or theology, but Pitzer College believes it is the first to create a...
Model of the Moment
Some states see the online, competency-based Western Governors U. as a way to boost college completion rates without increasing higher ed spending; some professors see it as a parasite, not a panacea.
Antioch College Gets Authority to Award Degrees
Antioch College, which is being revived after its original version was shut down by Antioch University, announced a key advance...
Milwaukee Students End 67-Day Protest
Students at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee early Saturday morning ended a protest in which they had occupied a...
Students 'Volunteer' to Paint an Administrator's House
During NIU Cares Day last year, students at Northern Illinois University worked to clean up local schools and parks --...
When the Well Runs Dry
A new report about how states divvied up stimulus money for education suggests looming problems for higher ed.