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House Passes Bill Requiring NSF to Justify Each Grant
The House of Representatives approved legislation Wednesday that would require the National Science Foundation to provide written justification for how...
Suffolk Ends Controversial Marketing Contract
Suffolk University has ended a controversial, long-term marketing contract with Regan Communications, whose chairman has ties to many trustees, The...
Kansas Bill Would Kill Community College Tenure
Legislation in Kansas would eliminate a tenure system for community college faculty members that grants them the right to due...
Electric Cars
The electric car has yet to hit the mainstream. In today's Academic Minute, the University of Bath's Pierre McDonagh explores...
'We Are All Bunnies'
Academics respond with speed and anger after the president of Mount St. Mary's -- who advocated treating at-risk students as bunnies to drown -- fires two faculty members.
Professors Can Learn to Be More Effective Instructors
Studies of faculty development efforts at a liberal arts college and a land-grant university suggest the programs can have an impact on student outcomes.
A Higher Ed Wish List, DOA
Obama administration's last budget blueprint has something for everyone -- low-income students, cancer researchers, community colleges, minority-serving institutions. But it's a nonstarter in Congress.
6 Women Sue Tennessee Over Assaults by Athletes
Six women filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday alleging that the University of Tennessee at Knoxville has created a campus culture...