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Literature Review on Remedial Education
MDRC, the research organization, this week released "Unlocking the Gate," a literature review on what is known about remedial education...
New Effort for Research on Global Development
The National Science Foundation and the Agency for International Development on Thursday announced a new effort to promote research to...
A-Twitter in Iowa: A $37,000 Scholarship for a Tweet
Evidence that Twitter-mania is taking hold, for better or worse, in higher education: The University of Iowa's business school is...
Academic Minute: Alice Munro
In today’s Academic Minute, St. Lawrence University's Robert Thacker discusses the work of author Alice Munro. Find out more about...
Newly Tenured ... at Longwood, Southeast Missouri, U. of Northern Colorado
The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges and universities: Longwood University--Thomas Akre, biology--Javier Fernandez, Spanish--Chene Heady...
Pretending They Didn't Happen
On Feb. 26, the University of Kentucky men’s basketball team defeated the University of Florida. Immediately after the contest, on...
E-phemeral E-Books
In a bid to stoke interest in e-books, some university presses let students and scholars rent electronic volumes for a fraction of the full price.
Harmonic Mergers
Bard College pairs with Longy School of Music. Leaders see more partnerships between independent art institutions and large universities on the horizon.