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Art and the Neuroscience of Color
In today’s Academic Minute, Wellesley College's Bevil Conway discusses how the brain creates color and reveals methods artists have used...
Colorado Voters Reject Tax Measure to Support Education
Colorado voters on Tuesday rejected a referendum that would have, for five years, restored certain taxes cut in recent years...
Strings Attached to Funds From China
Stanford University initially turned down an offer from an organization with ties to China's government for $4 million that would...
Pearson Announces Partnership With Knewton
Pearson, the e-learning company, is teaming up with the adaptive software developer Knewton to improve its popular line of e-tutoring...
A Controversial Investment
$10 million investment by U. of Texas in technology company with ties to a former chancellor and scant evidence of impact on graduation rates has raised eyebrows.
Take the Money and Run
Cooper Union debate about charging tuition points to the challenges of maintaining tuition-free higher education.
Academic Freedom, Revised
Canada's university presidents adopt new statement -- without mention of tenure -- and with language that concerns some faculty leaders.
Near-Rebuke of NCAA Reforms
College athletes deserve much more than an additional $2,000, panelists said Tuesday on Capitol Hill -- they deserve for the NCAA to stop exploiting them.