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Book Returned to Washington and Lee Library -- 52,858 Days Late
Washington and Lee University has announced the return of a book to its library -- 52,858 days late. The book...
$85M to Spur Innovation in Science Education
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute on Wednesday invited nearly 200 institutions to compete for $85 million in grants aimed at...
Sallie Mae Proposes Alternative to Obama Loan Plan
Sallie Mae, which as the country's largest student loan provider has a lot to lose from the Obama administration's proposal...
Valley City Will Go Virtual for Rest of Semester
Valley City State University, facing an evacuation order due to flooding in North Dakota, will finish the semester with online...
Carolina Chancellor Apologizes for Speech Disruption
Protesters disrupted a speech Tuesday at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill by former Rep. Tom Tancredo, a...
'For the Common Good'
The concepts of academic freedom are much debated, and it's clear that not everyone who uses the term means the...
Safe Haven
Seeing grim job prospects for its graduating Ph.D. students, a college at Vanderbilt offers stipends and ongoing teaching positions to help students buy some time.
Matches and Mismatches in Producing Ph.D.'s
SAN DIEGO -- In theory, these days, everyone agrees that attrition in Ph.D. programs is a real problem. Graduate students...