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How Poverty Reduces Self-Control
What do self-control and poverty have to do with each other? In today's Academic Minute, the University of Oregon's Elliot...
Grade Inflation, Higher and Higher
The most common grade is A -- at all kinds of colleges. But while grade point averages are increasing at four-year institutions, that's not the case at community colleges.
'On Being Raped'
Professor writes about how he was raped as a young man, drawing attention to male victims of a terrible crime.
Academic Minute: Poverty Reduces Self-Control
Today on the Academic Minute, Elliot Berkman, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Oregon, explores how self-control and...
Losing Games vs. Losing Students
New paper finds little correlation between a coach's career advancement and the academic success of a team's players.
Obama Administration Names Key Higher Ed Official
The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday that Kim Hunter Reed (right), a former Louisiana higher education official, has joined...
Reuters Highlights Flaws in SAT Security Overseas
A Reuters investigation found that the security of the SAT has been compromised in Asia much more frequently than the...
'The Pulse': New Media Consortium's Bryan Alexander
This month's edition of the technology podcast features a discussion with the senior researcher at the New Media Consortium.