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‘The Battle of the Classics’
Author discusses his book on a 19th-century scholarly battle and its lessons for debates on the humanities today.
U of Evansville Scraps Plan to Cut Music Department
The University of Evansville, a Methodist institution in Indiana, has abandoned tentative plans to cut its music department, The Courier...
Capital Campaign Watch: Arizona State, Indiana U of Pennsylvania, UNC Wilmington
Starting Out: University of North Carolina at Wilmington is starting a campaign to raise $100 million. To date, $86 million...
Academic Minute: Gender-Neutral Language
Today on the Academic Minute: Deborah Bennett, professor of liberal arts at the Berklee College of Music, explores limits of...
UAB Removes Late Segregationist's Name From Building
The University of Alabama at Birmingham recently removed the name of the former state governor and prominent segregationist George C. Wallace from its physical education building.
Affirmative Action Suit Against Yale Is Dropped
Justice Department wanted out of the case. But private group vows to sue the university.
Campaign Finance Reform
Money is always a big factor in political discussions. In today's Academic Minute, the University of Rochester's David Primo wonders...
The Growing Ithaca Resistance
The college wants to cut 116 full-time positions from its non-tenure-track faculty ranks, but alumni, students and professors are putting up a fight.