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Congressman Targets Pay of For-Profit-College Chiefs
The top Democrat on the House of Representatives oversight committee announced an inquiry Monday into the pay of chief executive...
Academic Minute: Art and the Brain
In today’s Academic Minute, Barbara Landau of Johns Hopkins University reveals what she has learned about how the brain creates...
Remedial Challenges at Cal State
An article in The Contra Costa Times explores the challenges California State University System campuses face due to high percentages...
New Questions on Athletics Spending at Rutgers
Rutgers University officials have said for years that big investments they were making in athletics -- such as a $102...
The Pulse: Andy Dorsett on Mathematica
This month's edition of The Pulse podcast features an interview with Andy Dorsett, academic key account manager at Wolfram Research...
Subglacial Lakes of Antarctica
In today’s Academic Minute, Columbia University's Robin Bell explores the strange behavior of water beneath the glaciers or Antarctica. Bell...
A Softened Critique
To win Republican senators' support, letter opposing new Defense Department policies on tuition assistance was changed to eliminate references to for-profit colleges as "subpar" institutions.
Something’s Smoking
Some philosophers wonder why a key part of the hiring process in their discipline is an event that sounds like fraternity rush.