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Big Boost for 50 Early Career Scientists
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is today naming 50 top early career scientists to receive special six-year appointments -- in...
How to View the Market
In podcast interview, TIAA-CREF investment guru shares perspectives on the economic mess -- and how it may change (or not change) the strategies of academics at all stages of their careers.
Undercover Student at Liberty U.
A new book, The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University, details the experience of Kevin Roose at...
The Impact of Dropping the SAT
New research finds that end of test requirement leads to more diversity of race, ethnicity and socioeconomic diversity. Impact would grow if more colleges didn't just make test optional, but ignored scores entirely.
Promoting Early College
Educators argue that challenging underrepresented and remedial students to earn at least two years' worth of college credit and a high school diploma at the same time can improve their outcomes.
John Hope Franklin Dies at Age 94
John Hope Franklin -- a leading historian during the last century and a pioneer in African-American studies -- died Wednesday...
IRS Loses (Again) on Taxes for Medical Residents
A U.S. appeals court -- the fourth to do so -- rules that future doctors are not automatically ineligible for student exemption from payroll taxes.
Budget Battle in the Offing
Democratic leaders in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives took starkly different approaches Wednesday to the budget resolutions they...