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Toni Morrison Dies at 88
Toni Morrison, the Nobel laureate and the Robert F. Goheen Professor of the Humanities, Emeritus, at Princeton University, died Monday...
Insurgent Women
Women join terrorist groups for the same reasons as men, but their roles aren’t always the same. In today's Academic...
Title IX a Sticking Point in Talks Over New Higher Ed Law
Resolving differences over sexual assault procedures, including requirements for live hearings, emerges as one of the biggest challenges for negotiating a reauthorization of the Higher Education Act.
2U Goes Undergrad
London School of Economics and its parent university will create a fully online data science degree. Program, priced at $20,000, is 2U's first foray into the bachelor's degree market.
Academic Minute: Insurgent Women
Today on the Academic Minute, Jessica Trisko Darden, assistant professor at the school of international service at American University, explains...
Missouri Professors Object to Account Surplus Tax
Some 172 faculty members at the University of Missouri sent a letter to administrators criticizing a new tax on unspent...
Abstract ‘Spin’
Study says authors exaggerate their findings in paper abstracts, and that's a problem when readers take them at face value.
Parents Sue Over Truman State Suicides
They claim a fellow member of Alpha Kappa Lambda at Truman State University prompted their sons and three others to commit suicide -- and that the university and fraternity knew he was a threat.