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U. of San Francisco to Keep Upward Bound

The University of San Francisco has announced an agreement to continue sponsorship of Upward Bound, a program that helps prepare...

Academic Minute: Plants and Insects

In today’s Academic Minute, Nicole Soper Gorden of the University of Massachusetts Amherst explains the love-hate relationship the plant kingdom...

Notre Dame Finds Fault Collectively, Not Individually, in Fatal Accident

A University of Notre Dame investigation into the October death of a student worker during a football practice found the...

Academics Win Pulitzers

Three academics were on Monday named winners of Pulitzer Prizes in arts and letters. Kay Ryan, who teaches at the...

Students Protest Rejection of Gay-Straight Alliance at St. John's

Students at St. John's University in New York are protesting its refusal to recognize a gay-straight alliance, The New York...

A Stab at Deflating Grades

Faculty at U. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill backs plan to put students' (and professors') grades in context.

Looking Past Friend-Counting

New survey shows colleges have faith in the value of social media, but are still hard-pressed to demonstrate it.

Double Take

After already announcing plans to deal with the economic crisis, three of the nation's wealthiest universities are employing new strategies.