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The New Geography of Jewish Studies
With a $20 million gift, the University of Michigan creates a research center that may shift the field.
A New Test to Assess
Having abandoned one general education exam in December, ETS announces a replacement.
New Battlelines
NYU, the first private institution to reach a contract with a T.A. union, may try to make that pact its last.
Loose Canon
A graduate student discovers that a 19th-century novelist who has been hailed as an early black female writer was actually white.
Paying for Shabazz
Carnegie Mellon said the university never provided funds for a hateful speaker. But one of its research centers had pledged support.
Data, not Speculation, on Female Scientists
A report about physics suggests that women are leaving the field early, between high school and college.
Summers Seeks a 'New Chapter'
Lawrence H. Summers, Harvard's embattled president, apologized to faculty members Tuesday not only for his comments about women and science...