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Evolutionary Persistence of Depression
In today’s Academic Minute, Emory University's Andrew Miller examines why natural selection has not eliminated genetically predisposed depression. Miller is...
MOOCs and Machines
Candace Thille, director of the Open Learning Initiative and a leading advocate of intelligent teaching software, talks to Inside Higher...
CFPB's First For-Profit Salvo
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau enters the for-profit fray with an investigation of Corinthian Colleges, that references the company's loans to students. Will investigation expand?
Textbook Alternative
U. of Minnesota will catalog and offer peer reviews of open-source textbooks, aiming to help professors find those materials and give them the confidence to assign them.
Hundreds Protest Plans at New York Public Library
A letter signed by 745 scholars, writers, artists and others issued a letter Wednesday denouncing the planned changes at the...
No More Wrist-Slapping Probations
Attention to hazing comes and goes. But a series of high-profile incidents and unusual responses seems to indicate colleges are taking the practice more seriously than ever.
New Presidents or Provosts: Angelo State U., Dordt College, Mellon Foundation, Moraine Valley CC, Our Lady of Holy Cross College, Reed College, Trinity Western U.
Ronald J. Ambrosetti, provost and dean of the College at St. John Fisher College, in New York, has been named...
English Style Quality Control
Government funding council considers when student survey and graduation rate data should lead to unscheduled inspections of universities.