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Concerns About a Big Gift to George Mason
A $50 million gift to George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School earlier this year, from the estate of Allison...
Orientation for the Adult Learner
Institutions are trying to figure out how to introduce a growing population of older students to their campuses.
Cultures of Conformity
Where does the greatest possibility for change in Iran lie? In today's Academic Minute, the University of Oklahoma's Manata Hashemi...
Succeeding in College
Campuses want college students to succeed. In today's Academic Minute, part of Back to School Week, Delaware Valley University's Allison...
‘What Is Said or Done at the Center’
Marybeth Gasman required students at her Penn research center to sign blanket nondisclosure agreements. Experts say that's unheard-of in academe and leaves students vulnerable to abuse.
Toward a New Kind of ‘Big Deal’
University librarians and some academic publishers are optimistic about the possibility of reaching new agreements to make more academic articles fully open, but they acknowledge many challenges ahead.
$360K Settlement for Grad Coercion Whistle-Blower
The University of Missouri at Kansas City settled for $360,000 with a professor who said he was retaliated against for...
Case Against Rochester Survives Legal Challenge
The federal lawsuit against the University of Rochester filed by current and former faculty members and students in the brain...