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Biodiesel Production
In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Connecticut's Nicholas Leadbeater describes how easily biodiesel fuels can be refined from food...
Predicting Student Performance
In today’s Academic Minute, Hamilton College's Paul Wyckoff examines why holding teachers and students responsible for poor school performance is...
Chinese Factories, Italian Fashion
In today’s Academic Minute, Mount Holyoke College's Calvin Chen explains the Italian fashion industry’s increasing reliance on factories owned and...
Reproduction and Lifespan
In today’s Academic Minute, the University of North Florida's John Hatle discusses his research using grasshoppers to understand why avoiding...
Fewer New Drugs
In today’s Academic Minute, Columbia University's Brent Stockwell discusses why the past decade has seen a dramatic decrease in the...
The Rapid Rise of Merit Aid
U.S. study shows that growth of non-need-based grants contributed to shift of college and state aid toward higher-income students.
It's Not Me. It's You.
After three years of appropriations cuts, public colleges use tuition increases to draw attention to what the state is no longer providing.