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Latin Revival in Canada
Many Canadian universities are seeing increases in Latin enrollments, The Globe and Mail reported. Experts say that modern pop culture...
White House Backs Student Aid Bill It Helped Craft
The White House did the unsurprising Tuesday: threw its weight behind House of Representatives legislation that would carry out several...
Ex-Director of University Museum Accused of Stealing From Its Collection
Barry Stern, former director of the Hillwood Museum at Long Island University, has been charged with stealing nine Egyptian artifacts...
Study Abroad Shrinks Amid Economic Woes
Fewer students are participating in study abroad programs and many colleges are cutting their budgets for study abroad because of...
Faculty Call for Walkout at U. of California
Hundreds of faculty members and others at University of California campuses say that they will not be in class next...
New Outlet for Sharing Science
Leading universities, frustrated by shrinking space in mainstream media for research coverage, decide to go right to the public with their news.
Freed Scholar Recounts Ordeal
Haleh Esfandiari’s imprisonment in Iran stirred concerns among scholars, and her story shows a government deeply suspicious of academe.
Breakthrough on Open Access
5 major research universities pledge to set up system of payments for work their professors publish in free, online journals -- aiming to shift economic model of scholarly communication.